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2nd CfP "Logic and Cognition"

13-17 Aug 2012
Opolo, Poland

ESSLLI Workshop

Logic & Cognition

13-17 August
Opole, Poland

Web Site: http://www.ai.rug.nl/SocialCognition/logic-cognition/

2nd Call for Papers

Deadline: March 2, 2012

Workshop Description:

The roots of logic go back to antiquity, where it was mostly used as a
tool for analyzing human argumentation. In the 19th century Gottlob
Frege, one of the founders of modern logic and analytic philosophy,
introduced anti-psychologism in the philosophy of mathematics. In the
following years anti-psychologism, the view that the nature
of mathematical truth is independent of human ideas, was one of the
philosophical driving forces behind the success of mathematical logic.
During the same period in the 19th century, also modern psychology
(Helmholtz, Wundt) was born. However, Frege?s notion of
anti-psychologism often stood in the way of a potential merge of the
disciplines and led to a significant separation between logic and
psychology research agendas and methods. Only since the 1960s,
together with the growth of cognitive science inspired by the ?mind as
computer? metaphor, the two disciplines have started to interact more
and more. Today, we finally observe an increase in the collaborative
effort between logicians, computer scientists, linguists, cognitive
scientists, and psychologists.

We plan to discuss the empirical research motivated by logical
theories as well as logics inspired by experimental studies. As a
result, we hope to contribute towards an increase in collaboration
between logicians and cognitive scientists.

The meeting is partially sponsored by a Vici grant NWO-277-80-001

Invited speakers:

Paul Egr
Iris van Rooij

The workshop will take place as part of the 24th European Summer
School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI 2012):
http://www.esslli2012.pl/

Submissions Details:

Please send your submission in PDF format, at most
10 pages in LNCS style, 10 pts, bibliography included (see
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 ). If
needed due to space reasons, technical material such as proofs may be
added in an appendix of at most 5 pages. The PDF files have to be
uploaded online via the workshop?s submission website:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=logiccognition2012

The author notification date is April 15, 2012. Prior to the workshop,
speakers will have the opportunity to submit an extended abstract for
inclusion in the ESSLLI proceedings (deadline June 1, 2012). All
participants must register for ESSLLI. However, we will be able to
partially refund ESSLLI fees for selected speakers.

After the workshop, selected authors will be invited to submit a
revised and extended version of their paper for a special issue of the
Journal of Logic, Language and Information (JoLLI), devoted to Logic
and Cognition.

Program Committee:

Jakub Szymanik (co-chair)
Rineke Verbrugge (co-chair)
Leon de Bruin
Eve Clark
Robin Clark
Paul Egr
Fritz Hamm
Alice ter Meulen
Marcin Mostowski
Maartje Raijmakers
Iris van Rooij
Keith Stenning
Marcin Zajenkowski

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: March 2, 2012
Notifications: May 1, 2012
Camera-ready copy: June 1, 2012
Workshop: August 13-17, 2012

Program chairs: Jakub Szymanik, Rineke Verbrugge

Contact: logic.cognition@gmail.com