[FOM] Progic 2013: Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems, Munich, 17-18 Sept. 2013

[Niki Pfeifer]

Call for papers
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Progic 2013: The Sixth Workshop on Combining Probability and Logic
"Combining probability and logic to solve philosophical problems"

Workshop website: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/

Introduction
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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 and hosted by the Munich 
Center for Mathematical Philosophy.

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

Scholars who combine probability and logic to 
elaborate new solutions to philosophical problems 
are invited to submit an extended abstract (two 
pages) for presentation at the workshop (40 min. 
talk, 10 min. discussion). Contributors should 
indicate if they are prepared to submit a paper 
to the progic 2013 special issue in the Journal of Applied 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).

Invited talks
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-) Igor Douven: Conditionals and closure.
Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#douven

-) Alan Hájek: Probabilities of counterfactuals and counterfactual
probabilities.
Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#hajek

-) Kevin T. Kelly and Hanti Lin: Qualitative reasoning that tracks Jeffrey
conditioning.
Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#kelly

-) Hannes Leitgeb Belief: and stable probability.
Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#leitgeb

-) Peter Milne: Information, confirmation, and conditionals.
Abstract: www.pfeifer-research.de/progic/abstracts.html#milne

Important dates
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Deadline for extended abstracts:    April 15, 2013
Notification of acceptance of extended abstracts:    May 1, 2013
Deadline for full papers:    September 1, 2013
Workshop dates:    September 17-18, 2013
Notification of acceptance of full papers:    November 15, 2013
Deadline for final versions of full papers:    December 15, 2013


The extended abstracts (max. two pages) should be sent in PDF format
to niki(dot)pfeifer(at)lrz(dot)uni-muenchen(dot)de

Local organizer
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Niki Pfeifer (Munich Center for Mathematical 
Philosophy, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)

Steering committee
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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)