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Deadline extension: special issue of Logic Universalis on "Visual Reasoning with Diagrams"

Please note the new deadline: 31 January 2011.
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*Call for Papers*

We invite submissions to the journal /Logica Universalis/ for a special issue 
on *Visual reasoning with diagrams*. The deadline for submission is *31 January 
2011*.

Logic, the discipline that explores valid reasoning, need not be limited to a 
specific form of representation but should include any form as long as it 
allows us to extract information from given information.  The use of diagrams 
has a long, but unequal, history in logic:  The golden age of diagrammatic 
logic of the 19th century, thanks to Euler and Venn circles, was followed by 
the early 20th century's symbolization of modern logic by Frege and Russell. 
Recently, we have been witnessing a revival of interest in diagrams from 
various disciplines -- mathematics, logic, philosophy, cognitive science, and 
computer science.

Our special issue aims to provide a space for this newly debated topic -- the 
logical status of diagrams -- in order to advance the goal of universal logic 
by exploring common and/or unique features of visual reasoning. Topics for the 
special issue include, but are not limited to: What is a logic diagram? Is 
diagrammatic logic one more logic? Or are diagrams merely a notation that one 
can adapt to fit different logics? Do diagrams fit some logical systems better 
than to others? Is there still room for the use of diagrams in modern logic? 
Authors are welcome to present a specific diagrammatic system but we strongly 
recommend discussing the implications of the system for the journal's 
perspective of universal logic.

/Logica Universalis /publishes peer-reviewed research papers related to 
universal features of logics. Topics include general tools and techniques for 
studying already existing logics and building new ones, the study of classes of 
logics, the scope of validity and the domain of application of fundamental 
theorems, and also philosophical and historical aspects of general concepts of 
logic.

This special issue is scheduled to appear in 2011.

*Papers should be sent electronically* to one or both of the guest editors:

Amirouche Moktefi: moktefi@unistra.fr
Sun-Joo Shin: sun-joo.shin@yale.edu

For further information on the journal and instructions for authors, please 
consult the journal's web page at:
http://www.springer.com/birkhauser/mathematics/journal/11787