Call for Papers
On the one hand symbolism is important in most religions, on the other hand modern logic is often characterized as symbolic. This workshop, part of the 4th World Congress on Logic and Religion, explores the relation bewteen these two symbolic approaches. Suggested topics include - but are not limited to - the following:
On the one hand symbolism is important in most religions, on the other hand modern logic is often characterized as symbolic. This workshop, part of the 4th World Congress on Logic and Religion, explores the relation bewteen these two symbolic approaches. Suggested topics include - but are not limited to - the following:
> Boole's symbolic mathematical notation in logic and abstract religious notions
> Boole's symbolic mathematical notation in logic and abstract religious notions
> Zoroastrianism's dualism, Pythagoras's table of opposites, Trinity Christian triangle, Islamic geometrical objects and the theory of oppositions
> Zoroastrianism's dualism, Pythagoras's table of opposites, Trinity Christian triangle, Islamic geometrical objects and the theory of oppositions
> Yin/Yang and the notion of complementary contradiction
> Yin/Yang and the notion of complementary contradiction
> the symbolism of the cross, crucifixion, negation and abnegation
> the symbolism of the cross, crucifixion, negation and abnegation
> Venn symbolic logic, Venn diagrams and their application for understanding religious phenomena
> Venn symbolic logic, Venn diagrams and their application for understanding religious phenomena
> the universal quantifier and catholicism as a religion for all
> the universal quantifier and catholicism as a religion for all
> is the existential quantifier really symbolizing existence?
> is the existential quantifier really symbolizing existence?
> Cabala symbolism and logic in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, deacon in the Church of England and symbolic logician
> Cabala symbolism and logic in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, deacon in the Church of England and symbolic logician
> logical "interpretation" of Gödel's proof of the existence of God in symbolic logic
> logical "interpretation" of Gödel's proof of the existence of God in symbolic logic
Notification by July 31, 2023.
Notification by July 31, 2023.
After the event full papers will be published in a special issue of the journal Logica Universalis or in a book of the series Studies in Universal Logic
After the event full papers will be published in a special issue of the journal Logica Universalis or in a book of the series Studies in Universal Logic
