[FOM] BLC 4TH SUMMER ANNOUNCEMENT:

[John Corcoran]

BUFFALO LOGIC COLLOQUIUM 
2008 THIRTY-NINTH YEAR
FOURTH SUMMER ANNOUNCEMENT
 
QUOTE OF THE MONTH: THEOREMS OF A CALCULUS: In saying that a proposition is
a theorem of a calculus, we would ordinarily mean that the proposition is
expressed by one of the sentences which is a theorem of the calculus. –Feys,
Fitch, Myhill, et al. 1969, 27.
 
FOURTH MEETING
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
12:00-1:30 P.M.
141 Park Hall
 
SPEAKER: Leigh Duffy, Philosophy, University of Buffalo.
TITLE: Discussing Corcoran’s 1973 “Meanings of Implication”.
ABSTRACT: John Corcoran’s 1973 paper “Meanings of Implication” (Dialogos 9,
59-76) has been translated into Spanish in 1985 as “Significados de la
Implicación” (Agora 5, 279-294)by J. M. Sagillo.  A slightly updated version
was reprinted in the 1993 anthology A Philosophical Companion to First Order
Logic (Hackett Publishing Company).   Copies will be available at the
meeting devoted to discussion and critical examination of selected passages
in the paper. Leigh Duffy will lead the discussion.
For a PDF reprint, email corcoran at buffalo.edu with MI in the subject line.
FIFTH  MEETING:
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
12:00-1:30 PM.
141 Park Hall
 
SPEAKER: John Corcoran, Philosophy, University of Buffalo.
TITLE: Frege’s Thoughts
ABSTRACT: After his retirement in 1918, Frege published a number of
important articles, "Der Gedanke" ("The Thought", 1918), "Der Verneinung"
("Negation", 1918), and "Gedankengefüge" ("Compound Thoughts", 1923). “The
Thought” is one of the main influences on the theory of sentences and
propositions in Church’s 1956 INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL LOGIC. John
Corcoran will read and discuss passages from Frege’s “The Thought” and lead
an open discussion of it. There are two translations; one is in MIND 1956.
Copies of the paper will be available at the meeting. The presentation and
discussion will not presuppose prior acquaintance with the article or with
the issues treated.
 
 
SIXTH  MEETING:
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
12:00-1:30 PM.
141 Park Hall
 
SPEAKER: TBA.
TITLE:TBA
Future Speakers: David Braun (University of Buffalo), William Demopoulos
(University of Western Ontario), David DeVidi (University of Waterloo),
David Hitchcock (McMaster University) , Stewart Shapiro (Ohio State
University), Barry Smith (University of Buffalo), Leonard Jacuzzo (Canisius
College and Fredonia University), Frango Nabrasa (Manatee Institute), Thomas
Reber (Canisius College).
 
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WHEN YOU HAVE TO. ALL ARE WELCOME

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