FW: 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion
Date: Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 10:55 AM
Subject: 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion
The Organisers of the 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion, to be held at the University of Warsaw (Poland), 18-22 June, 2017, have the pleasure of inviting you to the Congress: http://logicandreligion.uw.edu.pl/
Please find attached the first general call for papers. In addition to what is mentioned in the announcement (attached), the Congress will have separate sections on (1) Logic in the religions of East Asia, (2) Logic as it relates to Arabic philosophy and the Islamicate world and (2) Logic in the religions of South Asia.
We would be most grateful, should you make this announcement available at your institution and make it known to your colleagues as well.
The registration form can be found at: http://logicandreligion.uw.edu.pl/registration/
With best regards,
On behalf of the Organisers
Piotr Balcerowicz
Professor, Chair of South Asia (the University of Warsaw)
Deputy Chair of the Academic Committee
2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion
http://balcerowicz.eu/
First Announcement
will be held on 18-22 June, 2017, at the University of Warsaw (Poland)
http://logicandreligion.uw.edu.pl
Dear Colleague,
The Organizers of the 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion, to be held at the University of Warsaw (Poland) on 18-22 June, 2017, have the pleasure of inviting you to the Congress.
The 2nd Congress, organized by the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Warsaw will be a continuation of the 1st World Congress that took place in 2015 in João Pessoa (Brasil).
SUBJECT
A wide range of issues concerning the relation between logic and religion, with regional complexities and historical layers of religions, are expected to be discussed. Among the topics to be discussed are the following:
o Impact of religious beliefs on logical structures;
o Logic at the service of apologetics;
o Rationalization of religious beliefs;
o Justification in religious legal traditions;
o Logics vis-à-vis illogicalities in religion;
o Non-classical logics and religion;
o Models of argumentation in religious discourse.
THE DATE AND THE VENUE OF THE CONGRESS
The Congress will be held at the University of Warsaw (Poland) on 18–22 June, 2017.
PARTICIPANTS: We welcome participants in three categories:
(1) regular presentation: speakers who present their papers within a regular session,
(2) poster presentation within a poster session,
(3) presence and discussion only: general audience who participates without presenting a paper / poster.
PAPERS AND ABSTRACTS: As a rule, 30 minutes are allotted for each paper (20 min) and an accompanying discussion (10 min). Short abstracts (maximum 3000 characters) are expected by 15 January, 2017.
THE LANGUAGE OF THE CONGRESS is English.
THE CONGRESS FEE is:
Early
registration fee (via bank transfer):
100 Euro – regular fee*
50 Euro – students and PhD students
* In justified cases, please apply for a reduced fee of 50%.
Paid-on-arrival
fee (paid in cash):
180 Euro – regular fee*
90 Euro – students and PhD students
REGISTRATION is opened from 1 October, 2016 onwards. The deadline for submission of a short abstract (registration) is 15 January, 2017. Please register online: http://logicandreligion.uw.edu.pl/registration/
ORGANIZERS
Invited speakers include: Dov Gabbay (London), Michael Heller (Templeton Prize, Kraków), Laurent Lafforgue (Fields medal, Paris), John Searle (Berkeley), Yuhan Sohrab-Dinshaw Vevaina (Toronto), Jan Woleński (Kraków).
The registration on-line at http://logicandreligion.uw.edu.pl/registration/.
Please kindly forward this Announcement to all scholars interested in both logic and religion.
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