12 Sep 2014
Munich, Germany
Call for Papers A workshop on predicate approaches to modality will be held at the MCMP in Munich on the 12th September 2014. We invite submissions of abstracts (500-1000words) suitable for 45min presentation. The abstracts should be sent to one of the organizers: Martin Fischer (M.Fischer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) or Johannes Stern (Johannes.Stern@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) Workshop Title: Predicate Approaches to Modality Topic: Predicate Approaches to modality are a viable alternative to the now standard operator approaches to modality. They allow for a uniform treatment of truth and the modal notions, are expressively rich and they fit in nicely with the relational analysis of propositional attitudes. The workshop is intended to further and foster research on predicate approaches to modality in philosophical and mathematical logic. Topics and questions may include the following: - How should an adequate modal theory should look like? - Axiomatic modal theories - Semantic modal theories. - How should or can we consistently combine modal theories to obtain multimodal theories? - Does the interaction of modal predicates create new phenomena such as paradoxes of interaction or greater expressive strength? - De re modality and predicate approaches to modality. Can the expressive strength of the predicate approach be recovered within the operator approach? Invited speakers: Volker Halbach (Oxford) Leon Horsten (Bristol) Karl-Georg Niebergall (HU Berlin) Philip Welch (Bristol) Dates: Submission deadline: 16.6.2014 Notification: 30.6.2014 Conference: 12.9.2014 Contact organizers: Martin Fischer (M.Fischer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) or Johannes Stern (Johannes.Stern@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) For more information see http://www.mcmp.philosophie.uni-muenchen.de/events/workshops/container/pam2014/index.html