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Progic 2013: The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems"
Program and abstracts:
www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/
Deadline for registration: July 30, 2013
Registration per email is requested by July 30 (please state your name and your affiliation): niki.pfeifer(a)lrz.uni-muenchen.de
The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic (progic 2013) continues the progic workshop series (www.kent.ac.uk/secl/philosophy/jw/progic.htm). Progic 2013 takes place on September 17 and 18, 2013. The workshop location is the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung, which is located at the Nymphenburg Palace in Munich. The workshop is financially supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy) and by the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung.
Progic 2013 focuses on "Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems". Topics include but are not restricted to
-) acceptability -) argument strength -) belief revision -) conditionals -) conditionalization -) counterfactuals -) information -) probability logic
Invited speakers are Igor Douven (Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen), Alan Hájek (School of Philosophy, Australian National University), Kevin T. Kelly (Center for Formal Epistemology, Carnegie Mellon University), Hannes Leitgeb (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich), and Peter Milne (Department of Philosophy, University of Stirling).
Local organizer
Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
Steering committee
Jeff Helzner (Department Philosophy, Columbia University) Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich) Jan-Willem Romeijn (Department of Philosophy, University of Groningen) Gregory Wheeler (Centre for Research in Artificial Intelligence, New University of Lisbon) Jon Williamson (Department of Philosophy & Centre for Reasoning, University of Kent)
-- Dr.Dr. Niki Pfeifer www.pfeifer-research.de
Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany)