CfP: Reading and Writing in the History of Logic
Practices of Reading and Writing in Logic
(Vichy, France, 23-24 June 2018)
(A workshop within UNILOG ?18, The Sixth World Congress and School
on Universal Logic)
EXTENDED DEADLINE: September 29, 2017
A great deal of the working logician?s job is: to write ? and
read. This holds in at least two senses:
First, to work a problem in logic, it is necessary to apply
certain rules for transformation or deduction. In order to apply
these rules correctly, you may produce inscriptions and watch a
sequence of transformations of an initially given formula, i.e.,
you may write down the consecutive steps and eventually read off
the result.
Secondly, communicating logical problems (and solutions)
inevitably requires activities of writing for an audience, and
most commonly producing at least some bits of prose. But
participating in the logical community will also require to work
through writings of others. Hence activities of reading are
necessary, too. Moreover, the range of available input may depend
on activities of selecting and systematizing contributions to
logical research. Hence what there is for you to read may to a
great extent depend not only on what has been written, but also on
what and how it has been read by others.
The presently announced workshop aims at an account of logic as
construed from logicians? practices of writing and reading in both
respects. Further interests are activities of commenting or
reviewing, and of publishing and collecting.
In order to take an interdisciplinary stance, the workshop will
allow for a variety of approaches.
For further information, also see the Unilog 18 website: https://www.uni-log.org/
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr. Volker Peckhaus (University of Paderborn),
Editor-in-Chief of History and Philosophy of Logic
Prof. Dr. Dirk Schlimm (McGill University Montreal / LMU Munich)
PD. Dr. Matthias Wille (University of Paderborn)
Topics for contributions may include, but are not restricted to:
- Questions of notation in logicians' formalizations
- Questions of literary style in logicians' prose
- Tools for collaborative research in logic
- Bibliometrical research on logic publications
- Bibliographies and catalogues of logical literature
- The role(s) of logic journals
- The role(s) of reviewing sections in logic journals
- Translations of logical literature
- Logicians' publishing activities
- Logicians' reviewing activities
- Logicians' perusal of public or research libraries
- Logicians' private libraries and collections
- Correspondence among logicians
- Correspondence among logicians and publishers
Contributed talks should not exceed 30 minutes including
discussion.
To submit a contribution, please send a one-page abstract by the
EXTENDED DEADLINE, September 29, 2017: annasoph@mail.uni-paderborn.de