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"Combining Probability and Logic" (Nov 2002)

Combining Probability and Logic
4th Augustus de Morgan Workshop
King's College London
4th - 6th November 2002
      
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How is probability related to logic?
Should probability and logic be combined?
If so, how?
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Programme (provisional):

Monday 4th November 
09.30-10.00 Registration
10.00-11.00 Dov Gabbay: Introduction.
11.30-13.00 Henry E. Kyburg Jr.: "Are there degrees of belief?"
14.00-15.30 Colin Howson: "Combining probability and logic"
16.00-17.30 Theo Kuipers: "Probabilistic confirmation as refinement of
deductive confirmation: non-inductive and inductive confirmation
languages"

Tuesday 5th November 
09.30-11.00 Joseph Halpern: "From statistics to belief"
11.30-13.00 Jeff Paris: "Some consequences of common sense for
probabilistic reasoning"
14.00-15.30 Juerg Kohlas: "Probabilistic Argumentation"
16.00-17.30 Rachel Bourne: "Explaining default intuitions using maximum
entropy"

Wednesday 6th November 
09.30-11.00 Peter Flach: "Probabilistic models for structured data"
11.30-13.00 Stephen Muggleton: "Learning structure and parameters of
Stochastic Logic Programs" 
14.00-15.30 John Fox: "Reasons to believe and grounds for doubt"
16.00-17.30 Questions and Discussion


http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ip/jonwilliamson/progic/