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PhD Student, University Paris Cité, SPHere UMR 7219
Contact : jimmy.degroote@etu.u-paris.fr
Title of PhD Thesis "Nature is abstract. A study of the problem of the applicability of mathematics inspired by the philosophy of Leibniz"
Thesis supervisor : David Rabouin
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Metaphysics
Philosophy of science
History of philosophy (Leibniz)
EDUCATION
2021 - : PhD in philosophy of science (ERC Philiumm - Paris Cité)
2019 - 2021 : High school philosophy teacher
2018 - 2019 : Agrégation of Philosophy
2016 - 2017 : Master’s degree in human and social sciences, EHESS
2014 - 2016 : Master’s degree in philosophy, University of Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne
2013 - 2014 : Khâgne at the lycée Henri IV
2011 - 2013 : Hypokhâgne/Khâgne at Lycée Lakanal
PRESENTATIONS
2022 :
« Renewing the study of the problem of applicability of mathematics with the help of Leibniz’ philosophy »
« Mathematical abstraction and phenomenal indeterminacy, Leibniz’s answer to the problem of the application of mathematics »
« Mathematical abstraction in Leibniz (from a metaphysical point of view) »
« What existence for mathematical essences in Leibniz ? »
2021 :
« Is the "perfect similarity" of mathematical objects a relative identity ? »
2020 :
Presentation for the ANR Mathesis : « Reading Mark Wilson’s philosophy of mathematics in the light of Leibniz. Study of chapter 3 of Physics Avoidance »
