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MOTIVATION |
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Today, philosophical logic plays a significant role, not only in philosophy but also in linguisitics, computer science, cognitive psychology and law to mention but a few disciplines. Philosophical logic covers a wide range of logical studies and activities in the humanities and natural science: Modal Logic: The study of the moods or modalities with which propositions can be true or false.Temporal Logic: The study of time, its structure and properties. Epistemic, Doxastic Logics and Knowledge Representation: The study of knowledge, belief and cognitive capabilities, their structure, strength and validity. Deontic logic and Legal Reasoning: The study of the logical structure of ethical judgements and evaluations, and their relations to law. Logic programming: The development of systems for modelling reasoning patterns, intelligent database applications etc. This list is by no means exhaustive. It is evident however that philosohical logic in general enjoys a wide range of applications and constitutes an interdisciplinary field of research. |
Coordination
of the research activities: Denmark has quite a few
internationally highly estimated scholars interested in
philosophical logic from very diverse perspectives. These
scholars work however mostly in isolation. FLOG
is an attempt to break the isolation by coordinating (and
informing of) the research activities and let the
different scholars share information, international
contacts, ideas ets. In brief to serve as an engine for
interaction.
The need for a qualified discussion of the role of philosohical logic: With all the different applications of philosophical logic, there is a need for a forum in which researchers with very different interests, specialties and craftsmanship can discuss more general issues related to philosophical logic. To shape and sharpen the general interest in philosophical logic: Logic and philosophical logic are not generally very popular fields of study in Denmark and abroad. This is perhaps due to the fact that many find it hard to see to what end or to what extent logic can contribute to other areas. Philosophical logic, in contrast to say pure mathematical logic, is intrinsically characterized by a broader perspective. Thus, FLOG, given the diversity of the research body, is intended to communicate results to a less specialized public and let the interest in, and general awareness of, philosohical logic enhance. |
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| Conferences: The network will be the host of international conferences on philosophical logic 1-2 times a year. The topics of the conferences will be determined by
FLOG's organizing committee. Newsletter: The network publishes a newsletter 2 times a year: FNEWS PhD-courses: The network will arrange international PhD-courses on selected topics within philosophical logic, its philosophical aspects, methods and formal tools. |
Seminars and
Workshops: The network will host seminars and workshops in
Roskilde, Århus, Odense, Kolding and København.
Publishing: The network will publish conference proceedings from selected conferences hosted. |
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FLOG is sponsored by the Danish Research Council for the Humanities |
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© 2002-03 Vincent F. Hendricks |
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