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8 December 2008 |
Lecture |
The topic of the talk concerns inference in the context of incomplete and inconsistent information (e.g., the WWW). I present a more flexible 4-valued framework than the so-called Dunn-Belnap 4-valued logic. After reviewing work on the 4-valued logic, I shall present work... Read more |
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21 November 2008 |
Lecture |
I will introduce languages of imperfect information (introduced by Hintikka and Sandu in 1989) and several competing approaches to model the dependence and independence of logical operators. I will also say something about the phenomenon of signalling and its applications... Read more |
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14 November 2008 |
Lecture |
The functioning of the modern state presupposes a variety of mathematical technologies – accounting, statistics, and much more. Mathematics, on its part, needs the institutions of the state (schools, universities, research institutions, etc.) to secure financing,... Read more |
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14 November 2008 |
Lecture |
Judgment aggregation studies the aggregation of yes-no judgments of the members of a jury on logically interconnected propositions into a consistent collective judgment set. As the discursive dilemma shows, proposition-wise majority voting will not in general lead to a... Read more |
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13 November 2008 |
Lecture |
Baroque mindset and the new science: the dialectic of the seventeenth-century culture. |
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17 September 2008 |
Lecture |
In his book Metaphysics, George Schlesinger claims that the so-called infinite regress argument is “one of the most versatile weapons in the armoury of the metaphysician” (1983: 218). He is right, first, because the argument is truly one that is frequently used; several of... Read more |
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1 September 2008 to 2 September 2008 |
Conference |
Workshop & Young Researchers Days in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science
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8 July 2008 to 10 July 2008 |
Conference |
Induction: Historical and Contemporary Approaches - 5th Ghentian Conference in the Philosophy of Science |
