Logico-philosophical study of "relevance" in scientific and common sense reasoning.

Period 01-10-2007 to 30-09-2010
Type Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fellow Dr. Hans Lycke
Funding agency Special Research Fund of Ghent University (BOF)

The aim of the project is threefold: (1) to construct a general formal theory of relevance in reasoning, (2) to develop a philosophically satisfying characterization of the semantics of the relevant logics developed, and (3) to use the notions of "relevant deduction" and "relevant implication" for solving problems within philosophy of science.