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26-29 October 2005, Workshop on Logic and Semantics

Date: 26-29 October 2005
Location: Jadavpur University, Kolkata (Calcutta), India

WORKSHOP ON LOGIC AND SEMANTICS
Organized by
CALCUTTA LOGIC CIRCLE
AND
CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE, JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY
ON THE 26th, 27th, 28th, AND 29th DAYS OF OCTOBER, 2005.

The general theme of the workshop is the following:

Any language proper - formal or natural - has a syntax and a semantics. While in a natural language syntax remains hyphenated with semantics, in a formal language semantics is added on to syntax. Whatever may be the nature of language, how a syntactic unit gets a semantic value has been a perennial problem. Bertrand Russell in his classic essay 'On Denoting' (1905) has attempted to solve this problem and other related issues. His main opponent in this article is Gottlob Frege who accommodates an additional element called sense (sinn) in his semantics. The background of the Frege-Russell debate comprised a number of puzzles - some epistemic, some semantic, some logical in nature, e.g., the puzzle of identity statements, truth values of statements containing empty names, logical forms, definite descriptions in consonance with logical rules of negation, etc. The Frege-Russell debate on semantics has far fetched consequences in the realm of philosophy as well as logic, and can be considered instrumental for the development of different systems of logic and different types of formal semantics.

The Calcutta Logic Circle proposes to celebrate the centenary year of Russell's epoch making essay by organizing a workshop in its 2005 Autumn Meet in Kolkata where various issues in the interface between logic and semantics will be discussed.

List of Speakers who have already confirmed their participation:

  • Professor Wilfrid Hodges, Queen Mary, University of London;
  • Dr. Piero Pagliani, Computer Scientist, Rome;
  • Professor Tim Poston, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore;
  • Professor Amitabha Mukherjee, IIT Kanpur;
  • Professor Amit Kumar Sen, Katwa College, West Bengal;
  • Professor Ranjan Mukhopadhaya, Visva-Bharati, West Bengal
  • Professor Amita Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, West Bengal
  • Professor Benedikt Loewe, ILLC, Amsterdam

All are welcome to participate.

Interested persons may contact

Smita Sirker
Centre for Cognitive Science,
Jadavpur University
Kolkata - 700032
Email:
Sankha Subhra Basu
Centre for Cognitive Science,
Jadavpur University
Kolkata - 700032
Email:

Venue: Professor Anita Banerjee Memorial Seminar Hall
Faculty of Arts Building, Ground Floor
Jadavpur University
Kolkata 700032

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