*L&P - A workshop on "Logic and Politics"*
The aim of the workshop is to promote a confrontation about possible intersections of two spheres which have been held opposed, *de jure *and *de facto*: the formal theory of valid reasoning, and the practical theory of justice. There are reasons to think that new contacts between them would be especially profitable nowadays. Political facts and theories have a certain power over the ways in which human beings reason and accept or reject beliefs, they may act on logical choices, and the conception of valid consequence one tends to endorse. Conversely, the ways in which politicians and common citizens make decisions and choices in democracy have a direct impact on public opinion and political choices. So there are reasons to ask: What does Politics do, or can do (for better or worse), for Logic? What does Logic do, or should do, for Politics? The workshop intends to promote inquiries into the two directions; participants are invited to explore possible intersections between the two areas, in *historical *and/or *theoretical*, and/or *programmatic *perspective. So indicatively, the workshop will include three sessions: 1. theories 3. history 4. programs Scholars interested are invited to present their proposals. To submit a contribution, please send a one-page abstract by the deadline to one of the organizers of the workshop: Franca d’Agostini (State University of Milan, Italy): franca.dagost...@unimi.it; Elena Ficara (University of Paderborn, Germany): elena.fic...@upb.de; Fabien Schang (Federal University of Goiás, Brazil): schangfab...@gmail.com IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 2021 Notification of acceptance: October 29, 2021 The workshop will take place on 6-11 April 2022 (during the UNILOG congress) After the workshop, accepted papers can be submitted for inclusion in a collective book edited by the organizers; for any query, please contact one of them. Topics may include: *1. Theories* - 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? - 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 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 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? - Is there extraneousness, incompatibility or mutual resistance, in general, between the ‘logical’ and the ‘political’ way of thinking? *2. History* 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 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 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 the destiny of dialectical logic in the tradition of Marxism - by considering the logical differentialism of French post-structuralism. *3. Programs* 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 - new educational strategies for improving the logical skills of electors in democracy - a refreshment of the dialectical view of logic - a reconsideration of the logic of 'revolutions' and political changes in general. -- Você está recebendo esta mensagem porque se inscreveu no grupo "LOGICA-L" dos Grupos do Google. Para cancelar inscrição nesse grupo e parar de receber e-mails dele, envie um e-mail para logica-l+unsubscr...@dimap.ufrn.br. Para ver esta discussão na web, acesse https://groups.google.com/a/dimap.ufrn.br/d/msgid/logica-l/00350ef5-567c-4947-8df0-11fc3c376c91n%40dimap.ufrn.br.
