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)
Looks like a great conference, but but as a supporter of the Gendered Conference Campaign, I’m pretty disappointed to see that all of the *six* invited speakers are men. There are a ton of great women philosophers working in this area and it would have been great to see at least *one* of them as an invited speaker.
(For information about the GCC, see, e.g.,: http://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/gcc-faq/)
Have any steps been taken to make sure that women are included in this conference? Will paper submissions be reviewed blindly, to help mitigate the influence of the kinds of implicit biases that unfairly negatively impact women in philosophy?