Dear Colleagues, I would like to point out Nicolas Bouleau's talk on Monday evening at 18.00. The talk is part of a series of lectures on mathematical concepts from a philosophical point of view. Following the June 2007 talk of Alain Desrossieres on the history of statistics, Nicolas Bouleau, the eminent French mathematician and intellectual, will speak on the conflict between chance and sense. Please do have a look at the interesting material-to-read linked after the abstract of his talk. Mo, 21.01.2008, 18:00, Freihaus Hörsaal FH2 Nicolas Bouleau (École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées) "What are the philosophical probabilities?" Abstract and further reading material: http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/events/?showabstract=20080121 Dr. Josef Teichmann Institute of mathematical Methods in Economics Vienna University of Technology Wiedner Hauptstrasse 8-10 A-1040 Vienna tel +43-1-5880110514 fax +43-1-5880110599 web http://www.fam.tuwien.ac.at/~jteichma