Logic & Politics
History, Theories and Programs
Schedule: April 9 Morning
Schedule: April 9 Morning
9:30-9:45
Presentation of the workshop
9:45-10:30
Roy Cook, Minnesota and Cat StCroix, Minnesota
(What) Is Feminist Logic? (What) Do we want it to be?
10:30-11:00
Elena Ficara, Paderborn
Logic and Discrimination
Coffe Break
11:15-11:45
Luis Felipe Bartolo Alegre, St Marcos
Doublethink and the Political Significance of Heterodox Logics
11:45-12:15
Noah Friedman Biglin, San José State University
Kant’s Liberalism and Logical Pluralism
12:15-12:30
Round table
ORGANIZERS
ORGANIZERS
Email: franca.dagostini@unimi.it
Email: franca.dagostini@unimi.it
Email: elena.ficara@upb.de
Email: elena.ficara@upb.de
Email: schangfabien@gmail.com
Email: schangfabien@gmail.com
‘Logic’ – also for a minimally plausible meaning of the term – is a universal science, just like mathematics or any other formal science. Hence, there are reasons to reflect on what logic does and can do for other sciences or sectors of human experience. What does Logic do, or can do, for politics?
‘Logic’ – also for a minimally plausible meaning of the term – is a universal science, just like mathematics or any other formal science. Hence, there are reasons to reflect on what logic does and can do for other sciences or sectors of human experience. What does Logic do, or can do, for politics?
Political facts and theories have a certain power over the ways in which human beings reason and accept or reject beliefs, so there are reasons to reflect on how these facts and theories may act on logical choices, and the conception of valid consequence one tends to endorse. What does Politics do, or can do (for better or worse), for logic?
Political facts and theories have a certain power over the ways in which human beings reason and accept or reject beliefs, so there are reasons to reflect on how these facts and theories may act on logical choices, and the conception of valid consequence one tends to endorse. What does Politics do, or can do (for better or worse), for logic?
The aim of the workshop is to inquiry into the two directions, and to explore what relations between the two areas there might be, in historical and/or theoretical, and/or programmatic perspective.
The aim of the workshop is to inquiry into the two directions, and to explore what relations between the two areas there might be, in historical and/or theoretical, and/or programmatic perspective.
So indicatively, the workshop will include three sessions: history, theories, programs.
So indicatively, the workshop will include three sessions: history, theories, programs.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dept of Philosophy, Paderborn University, Germany
Dept of Philosophy, Paderborn University, Germany
Editor-in-Chief of History and Philosophy of Logic
Editor-in-Chief of History and Philosophy of Logic
CALL FOR PAPERS
CALL FOR PAPERS
Scholars interested in logic and politics are invited to submit their proposals on any aspect related to this subject. Topics may include, but are not restricted to:
Scholars interested in logic and politics are invited to submit their proposals on any aspect related to this subject. Topics may include, but are not restricted to:
THEORETICAL ASPECTS
THEORETICAL ASPECTS
Possible theoretical topics that can be addressed:
Possible theoretical topics that can be addressed:
● Are political inferences special kinds of inferences? Can they be formalized? If so, how? Do they require some non-classical or sub-classical treatment?
● Are political inferences special kinds of inferences? Can they be formalized? If so, how? Do they require some non-classical or sub-classical treatment?
●Are formal, mathematical, methods preferable to other options, in the interpretation and solution of political problems?
●Are formal, mathematical, methods preferable to other options, in the interpretation and solution of political problems?
● Is the logical notion of truth adaptable to the role of truth in political debates?
● Is the logical notion of truth adaptable to the role of truth in political debates?
● Are political paradoxes treatable with the resources of logical theories of paradoxes?
● Are political paradoxes treatable with the resources of logical theories of paradoxes?
● Are logical choices affected or determined by extra-logical facts of political relevance?
● Are logical choices affected or determined by extra-logical facts of political relevance?
● As both logic and politics deal with the power of language, is there any intersection, or incompatibility, or mutual resistance, between the two perspectives?
● As both logic and politics deal with the power of language, is there any intersection, or incompatibility, or mutual resistance, between the two perspectives?
● As both logic and politics deal with the space of possibilities, is there any connection between the logical and the political conception of modality?
● As both logic and politics deal with the space of possibilities, is there any connection between the logical and the political conception of modality?
● Can typical issues of politics, such as the left-right dualism, or the notion of ‘ideology’, be assumed as logically relevant, or be treated with formal means?
● Can typical issues of politics, such as the left-right dualism, or the notion of ‘ideology’, be assumed as logically relevant, or be treated with formal means?
● Is there extraneousness, incompatibility or mutual resistance, in general, between the 'logical' and the 'political' way of thinking?
● Is there extraneousness, incompatibility or mutual resistance, in general, between the 'logical' and the 'political' way of thinking?
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
These and other questions can also be approached from a historical perspective, for instance:
These and other questions can also be approached from a historical perspective, for instance:
● by considering authors who have stressed in various ways the importance of logical studies and logical competence for political life
● by considering authors who have stressed in various ways the importance of logical studies and logical competence for political life
● by considering how the idea of non-classical, or alternative or deviant logics has been embraced, sometimes, within a revolutionary political framework (which has implied a direct political engagement of logicians as logicians)
● by considering how the idea of non-classical, or alternative or deviant logics has been embraced, sometimes, within a revolutionary political framework (which has implied a direct political engagement of logicians as logicians)
● by considering the close connection between the birth of logic and the first experiment of democracy, in ancient Greece
● by considering the close connection between the birth of logic and the first experiment of democracy, in ancient Greece
● by considering how the choice for a dialectical-materialistic conception of politics has affected logical studies
● by considering how the choice for a dialectical-materialistic conception of politics has affected logical studies
● by considering how political philosophers, in the XX century, have rejected or accepted the idea of some profitable use of formal logic in the analysis of political facts and problems
● by considering how political philosophers, in the XX century, have rejected or accepted the idea of some profitable use of formal logic in the analysis of political facts and problems
● by considering the destiny of dialectical logic in the tradition of Marxism
● by considering the destiny of dialectical logic in the tradition of Marxism
● by considering the logical differentialism of French post-structuralism.
● by considering the logical differentialism of French post-structuralism.
PROGRAMMATIC VIEW
PROGRAMMATIC VIEW
The same issues can be presented and elaborated with a programmatic view, for instance:
The same issues can be presented and elaborated with a programmatic view, for instance:
● by proposing new ideas about the role of logic in political philosophy
● by proposing new ideas about the role of logic in political philosophy
● by proposing a new consideration of the political role of logic
● by proposing a new consideration of the political role of logic
● by proposing new educational strategies for improving the logical skills of electors in democracy
● by proposing new educational strategies for improving the logical skills of electors in democracy
● by proposing a refreshment of the dialectical view of logic
● by proposing a refreshment of the dialectical view of logic
● by proposing a reconsideration of the logic of 'revolutions' and political changes in general.
● by proposing a reconsideration of the logic of 'revolutions' and political changes in general.
To submit a contribution, please send a one-page abstract by the deadline to the organizers of the workshop.
To submit a contribution, please send a one-page abstract by the deadline to the organizers of the workshop.
Accepted submissions will be invited to submit a paper to a book that will be edited by the organizers after the workshop.
Accepted submissions will be invited to submit a paper to a book that will be edited by the organizers after the workshop.
For any query, please contact the organizers of the workshop.
For any query, please contact the organizers of the workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission: October 30, 2021
Submission: October 30, 2021
Notification: November 15, 2021
Notification: November 15, 2021
Worskhop: 6-11 April , 2022 (the workshop will take place at some point during the UNILOG congress).
Worskhop: 6-11 April , 2022 (the workshop will take place at some point during the UNILOG congress).
