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The work of the Congress is divided into several
sections which represent different areas of logic, methodology and
philosophy of science. The 13th Congress will comprise the following
sections:
A. LOGIC
A1 Mathematical logic (Proof theory, recursion
theory, model theory, set theory.)
Invited speakers (so far): Toshiyasu Arai, Rod
Downey, Alekos Kechris,
Gerhard Jaeger, Eric Jaligot, Itay
Neeman, Ted Slaman,
Boris Zilber
A2 Philosophical and applied logics (Non-classical
logics, logic and language, philosophical foundations of logic, logic as a
modeling tool.)
Invited speakers (so far): Marc van Atten,
Giovanna Corsi, Marcus Kracht
A3 Logic and computation
A3.1 Formal languages and computation (Semantics of programs and of formal
languages, dynamic and temporal logics, knowledge representation and AI,
verification, computational linguistics.)
A3.2 Logic and complexity (Interactive and zero-knowledge proofs,
complexity of proof systems, complexity theory and model theory,
probabilistically checkable proofs.)
Invited speakers (so far): Scott Aaronson, Jeremy Avigad,
Irit Dinur, Peter Hertling, Jan Krajicek,
Wolfgang Thomas, Moshe Vardi
B. GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
B1 General problems of methodology and scientific
reasoning
Invited speakers (so far): James Joyce, Theo Kuipers,
Patrick Maher, Gerhard Schurz
B2 Formal approaches to methodology
Invited speakers (so far): Joseph Halpern, Kevin Korb, Thomas Mormann,
Colin Howson
B3 Historical and sociological aspects in the
philosophy of science
Invited speakers (so far): Henk Bos
C. PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES OF PARTICULAR SCIENCES
C1 Philosophy of mathematics and logic
Invited speakers (so far): Mary Leng, Colin McLarty, Jean Petitot
C2 Philosophy of physics
Invited speakers (so far): Tian Yu Cao, Laura Ruetsche
C3 Philosophy of biology
Invited speakers (so far): John Beatty, Tianjiao Chu, Samir Okasha, Jos Uffink
C4 Philosophy of cognitive science, psychology and
linguistics
Invited speakers (so far): Shu-shan Cai, Christopher Cherniak, Michiel van Lambalgen, Rajesh
Rao
C5 Philosophy of economics, theories of rationality,
decision theory, game theory
Invited speakers (so far): Philipe Mongin, Dov Samet
C6 Philosophy of social sciences
Invited speakers (so far): Michael Eichler, Kevin
Hoover, Peter Spirtes
C7 Philosophy of medicine
Invited speakers (so far): Ruipeng Lei, Xiaomei Zhai
D. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY
D1 Ethical issues in scientific practice and
technology
Invited speakers (so far): Kirsten Endres
D2 Bioethics
Invited speakers (so far): Norman Daniels
D3 Science and education
Invited speakers (so far): Jan Derry, Guoping Zeng
SPECIAL SYMPOSIA (so far):
Special symposium on cosmology
Sean Carroll, Georgi Dvali,
John Earman,Alexander Vilenkin
Special symposium on Freud and psychoanalysis
Ed Erwin, Frank, Sulloway, Morris Eagle
Special symposium arranged by IUHPS/DHST:
History and Philosophy of Science in the Age of Internet
EAST MEETS WEST IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE: MORITZ SCHLICK AND HONG QIAN (TSCHA
HUNG)
Organizer: FRIEDRICH STADLER (University of Vienna, and Institute Vienna
Circle)
PLENARY SPEAKERS (so far):
Adolf Grünbaum, John Searle, Ehud Hrushovski
Any
registered individual has a right to submit a paper for presentation as a
contributed paper, but its acceptance is subject to the decision of the Programme Committee. Contributed papers should be
short research reports, and the presentation of such a paper should not
take more than 20 minutes, with 5-10 minutes reserved for comments and
discussion.
Guidelines for
the submission of Abstracts
of Contributed papers
The
abstract must not exceed one page A4 format. Start the Abstract with the
number and title of the relevant section (see bellow), the title of your
paper, and your name and address -all of this preferably centered in the
middle. Example:
Section C.3 Philosophy of
biology
TITLE OF THE PAPER
Author's Name
Email address
University/Institution, Address/City/Country
The
abstract could be submitted electronically through our website (still under
construction). If you prefer paper submission by regular mail, please make
sure your abstract is clearly typed or printed. Abstracts must be sent to:
Wei Wang (LOC of the 13th Congress)
Institute of Science
Technology and Society
Tsinghua University, Beijing,
100084
China
Deadline
for electronic submissions is March 20th, 2007.
Deadline
for paper submissions is March 10th, 2007.
The
abstracts review process will start on March 1 and will end around April
10. Contributors are urged to submit their abstracts as early as possible,
preferably by March 1 in
order to receive early notification of acceptance/rejection, but in no case
later than March 20.
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