Call For Abstracts: “Transgressing Boundaries: Unusual Applications of Formal Logic” 8-9 June 2026, Belgium
Transgressing Boundaries: Unusual Applications of Formal Logic
Dates and place
8-9 June 2026, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Invited speakers
Franci Mangraviti (ETH Zurich)
Ellie Ripley (Monash University)
Gillian Russell (Australian National University)
Elia Zardini (Complutense University of Madrid)
Topics
In this two-day international conference, we want to focus on non-traditional philosophical applications of formal logic. We welcome contributions in which logics are applied to unusual topics, but are equally interested in philosophical (meta-)reflections on the phenomenon of applying logic outside of its usual boundaries. Discussions about what the boundaries to the applicability of logic should be (if any) are also encouraged.
We invite contributions related, but not limited, to:
Feminist logic
Logic and gender
Logic and (philosophy of) medicine
Logic and (philosophy of) religion
Logic and phenomenology
Logic and non-western philosophy
Philosophy of naïve or inconsistent mathematics
Vague language
Logic and climate science
Logic and free-will
Philosophy of logic
Etc.
Mode
The conference will be held in-person with the possibility of watching online.
Length of talks
The speakers give talks of 40 minutes, discussion included.
Submissions
Submitted abstracts are anonymous, in English between 500 and 1500 words. Young researchers (PhD students or recent PhDs) and researchers of underrepresented communities are particularly encouraged to submit an abstract.
Submit abstracts in pdf format as the attachment of an e-mail to victoria.vangheem@uclouvain.be mentioning [Transgressing Boundaries] in the subject line. In the body of the email, please include your name, university affiliation, and paper title.
Important dates
Deadline for submissions: 15th of April
Notification of acceptance: 30th of April
Organizers
Blandine De Becker
Bruno Leclercq
Peter Verdee
Victoria Van Gheem
Scientific Committee
Heinrich Wansing, RUB Bochum
Lorenz Demey, KU Leuven
Thomas Ferguson, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Jan Heylen, KU Leuven
Francesca Poggiolesi, Université Paris 1, CNRS
Sara Ayhan, Université de Tohoku
Andrew Tedder, RUB Bochum
Damian Szmuc, CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Charles Pence, UCLouvain
Hannes Leitgeb, LMU Munich
Joke Meheus, UGent
Financial Sponsors
Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – FNRS
Institut Supérieur de Philosophie – UCLouvain – Belgium
CEFISES – Institut Supérieur de Philosophie – UCLouvain – Belgium
National Centre for Research in Logic (Belgium)