CfA ExLog2020 July 12-14 2022 @ UCLouvain, Belgium [EXTENDED DEADLINE 24/5]

[João Daniel Dantas]

International conference @ UCLouvain, Belgium, funded by FNRS

Second instalment of the conference ExLog (first one: ExLog19 https://sites.google.com/view/exlog2019)

In memory of Mike Dunn (1941-2021)

Website

https://cefises.be/misexinf/exlog2022

Dates and place

12-14 July 2022, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Invited speakers (some in-person, some online)

• Singa Behrens (Hamburg University),
• Hannes Leitgeb (LMU Munich),
• Francesca Poggiolesi (CNRS, IHPST, Paris),
• Stephan Krämer (Hamburg University),
• Jon Litland (University of Texas, Austin),
• Andrew Tedder (RUB, Bochum),
• Martin Pleitz (independent scholar),
• Ed Mares (Victoria University of Wellington),
• Joke Meheus (Ghent University).

Topics

The topic of the conference is the relation between explanation, relevance, and logic. More specific topics include:

• logics of explanation,
• explanatory relevance,
• relevance logic,
• grounding,
• truthmaker semantics,
• explanatory proofs,
• hyperintensionality,
• analytic implication,
• logics for connectors like “because”,
• etc.

The central topics may be approached from a purely logical, philosophy of science, epistemological, linguistic or metaphysical perspective. We are open to receiving technical, conceptual, and historical contributions. 

Mode

Hybrid mode with a mix of online and in-person talks (but the more in-person talks the better)

Length of talks

Invited speakers give talks of 75 minutes, discussion included. Other speakers give talks of 45 minutes, discussion included.

Submissions

Submitted abstracts are in English and between 500 and 1500 words. Young researchers (PhD students or recent PhDs) and researchers of underrepresented communities are particularly encouraged to submit an abstract.

Submit abstracts in pdf format as the attachment of an e-mail to peter....@uclouvain.be mentioning [EXLOG] in the subject line. 

Important dates

• Extended deadline for submissions: 24/5/2022
• Notification of acceptance: 1/6/2022

Organizers

• Peter Verdée,
• Pierre Saint Germier,
• Pilar Terrés,
• Joao Daniel Dantas.