Event dedicated to the memory of Susan Haack
Idea & Motivation
Logic is often regarded as neutral within a theoretical and conceptual framework.
On a traditional view, it is topic-neutral and metaphysically neutral: its laws and principles apply irrespective of subject matter, abstracting from the particular domains to which they are applied. In this sense, logic provides a framework for reasoning independently of what we are reasoning about. Moreover, as a scientific discipline, logic is commonly expected to be neutral with respect to social and political commitments. Given its high degree of abstraction, this expectation may be particularly strong in the case of logic.
At the same time, the purely theoretical view of logic has increasingly been challenged by research practices and the use of logical devices. Within a practical framework, philosophers and logicians have questioned whether logic is genuinely neutral. For instance, debates over logical pluralism, expressive power, and domain pertinence raise questions about whether topic-neutrality can be sustained. Others have considered whether logic can, in practice, be disentangled from the social and institutional contexts in which it is developed, taught, and applied.
This workshop will examine the idea of logical neutrality from multiple perspectives.
Speakers
Posters
- Claudia Anger (Fern Universität in Hagen)
- Robert Finan (Trinity College Dublin)
- Mykolas Lekevičius (Vilnius University)
- Nina Tod (MCMP/LMU)
- Katrina Torsoe (University of Miami)
- Gabriele Turati (University of Pisa)
- Zhibin Chen (MCMP/LMU)
Program
Consult the program and the content of the presentations in our book of abstracts.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U_nUL-aCLy-aDMLlnNk8H8-M4EOZHSFp
Registration
Participation is free, but you must register using the following form.
Acknowledgement
The workshop is generously funded by LMU Mentoring Program at Faculty 10, the German Society for Analytic Philosophy (Gesellschaft für analytische Philosophie e.V., GAP)., and the German Society for Philosophy of Science (Gesellschaft für Wissenschaftsphilosophie e.V., GWP).