The Methodology of Logic Abductivist and Non-abductivist Approaches
The Methodology of Logic – Abductivist and Non-abductivist Approaches
25-27 July 2022
University of Bonn — International Centre of Philosophy NRW, Poppelsdorfer Allee 28, 53115 Bonn
The workshop will be held in hybrid form with some speakers giving online presentation. Hence, online participation is also possible. Please register at https://philevents.org/event/show/100702
Organizers: Elke Brendel, Filippo Ferrari
Speakers: Corinne Besson (University of Sussex), Elke Brendel (University of Bonn), Massimiliano Carrara (University of Padua), Filippo Ferrari (University of Bonn), Ole Hjortland (University of Bergen), Ulf Hlobil (Concordia University), Ben Martin (University of Bergen), Sebastiano Moruzzi (University of Bologna), Romina Padro (CUNY Graduate Center), Gil Sagi (University of Haifa), Gerhard Schurz (University of Düsseldorf), Gila Sher (University of California, San Diego), Sebastian Speitel (University of Bonn), Erik Stei (Utrecht University), Jessica Wilson (University of Toronto), Alexandra Zinke (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Logical abductivism is an influential view in the epistemology and methodology of logic, according to which logical theories are holistically justified and assessed with respect to how well they account for relevant evidence and how well they satisfy certain theoretical virtues, such as strength, explanatory and unifying power, avoidance of adhocness, fruitfulness etc. This workshop will explore the perspectives, advantages, problems and limitations of an abductive methodology in logic. The following questions, among others, will be addressed:
- Does logical abductivism provide a neutral method for resolving disagreement in logic, as, for example, disputes between advocates of different logics or disputes between logical monists and logical pluralists?
- What are the implications of logical abductivism for the question concerning the aprioricity and normativity of logic?
- What are the most promising alternatives to an abductive methodology in the philosophy of logic?
This workshop is sponsored by the DFG as part of the Research Unit "Inductive Metaphysics"
subproject "Abductive Methodology in the Philosophy of Logic".
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