Paul Bernays Lectures

The series will alternate between the philosophy of logic or mathematics and the philosophy of physics. This lecture series is established in honour of the eminent logician, mathematician and philosopher of logic and mathematics Paul Bernays who was engaged in teaching and research at the ETH Zurich from 1933 to 1959.

Within the framework of the Paul Bernays Lectures outstanding philosophers of logic, mathematics or physics will be invited to speak about their pioneering research. The first lecture will present the research topics for a wider audience, the second lecture will address the research community, and a final seminar will offer to the members of the research community the opportunity to discuss with the invited speaker selected research topics and ideas.

Members of the Paul Bernays Lectures committee

• Emmanuel Kowalski (Head of the committee), Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich
• Gian Michele Graf, Department of Physcis, ETH Zurich
• Alessandra Iozzi, Department of Mathematics, ETH Zurich
• Ueli Maurer, Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich
  
• Giovanni Sommaruga, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zurich, emeritus
  

Previous members of the committee

• Jürg Fröhlich, Department of Physics, ETH Zurich
• Hanjo Glock, Philosophic Seminar, University of Zurich
• Gerhard Jäger, Logic and Theory Group, Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, University of Bern
• Norman Sieroka, Philosophy of Physics, Department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences, ETH Zurich
• Stefan Wolf, Quantum Information, Università della Svizzera Italiana