Logic and Methodology Workshop 2011
May 14-15, 2011 Cordura Hall, CSLI, Stanford University
Conference Program
Invited talks 45 minutes plus 10 minutes Q&A.
Introductory tutorials 90 minutes total.
Saturday, May 14
Johan van Benthem (Stanford & University of Amsterdam)
Tutorial - Introduction to Dynamic Epistemic Logic
10:30am - 12:00pm
Lunch served at CSLI: 12:00pm - 12:45pm
Wes Holliday (Stanford University)
Epistemic Logic and Epistemology
12:50pm - 1:45pm
Davide Grossi (University of Amsterdam)
Game-theoretic Aspects of Argument
1:50pm - 2:45pm
Break: 2:45pm - 3:00pm
Lara Buchak (UC Berkeley)
Risk and Representation
3:00pm - 3:55pm
Sherrilyn Roush (UC Berkeley)
Calibration and Credibility
4:00pm - 4:55pm
Break: 4:55pm - 5:05pm
Krista Lawlor (Stanford University)
The Allure of Infallibilism
5:05pm - 6:00pm
Dinner: 6:00pm
Sunday, May 15
Bas van Fraassen (San Francisco State University)
Tutorial - Four Logics: From Extensional to Hyper-Intensional
10:00am - 11:30am
Noah Fonosch (San Francisco State University)
Connectionism and Decision Theory
11:35am - 12:30pm
Lunch served at CSLI: 12:30pm - 1:15pm
Tania Lombrozo (UC Berkeley)
The Philosophy and Psychology of Explanation
1:20pm - 2:15pm
Kevin Kelly (Carnegie Mellon University)
Tutorial - Inductive Knowledge: A Learning Theoretic Semantics for Modal Epistemic Logic
2:20pm - 3:50pm
Break: 3:50pm - 4:05pm
Hanti Lin (Carnegie Mellon University)
Propositional Reasoning that Tracks Probabilistic Reasoning
4:05pm - 5:00pm
General Discussion: 5:00pm - 5:30pm
Topics from formal epistemology will include dynamic epistemic logic, learning theory, and probabilistic methods, plus the relation of these approaches to science and cognition.
The goal of the L&M Workshop is to bring together senior and up-and-coming researchers in logic, epistemology, and philosophy of science to explore the interactions between these disciplines.
Program Committee
Stanford & University of Amsterdam
San Francisco State University
Carnegie Mellon University
Local Organizers
Peter Hawke, Wes Holliday, Tomohiro Hoshi, Thomas Icard
Location
The Logic and Methodology Workshop will take place in Cordura Hall 100 at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI), located at the intersection of Campus Drive West and Panama Drive on the Stanford Campus. For directions, see this map.
Parking on weekends is free in the standard “A” and “C” zones. There is a parking lot L-21 directly across Panama Street from CSLI (see the parking map) and a larger parking structure S-2 just south on Panama Street.
If you have any questions about public transportation to CSLI, please contact the local organizers.