BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2014/newsitem/6005/12- November-2014-Public-Lecture-Logics-for-Social-Beh aviour-Alessandra-Palmigiano DTSTAMP:20141101T000000 SUMMARY:Public Lecture "Logics for Social Behaviou r", Alessandra Palmigiano ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Alessandra Palmigiano DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20141112T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20141112T180000 LOCATION:Museum Boerhaave, Lange St Agnietenstraat 10, Leiden DESCRIPTION:If humans are social animals, are they also logical animals? Perhaps it is not by chanc e that the same Aristotle who recognized the socia l nature of human beings as their defining trait i s also the father of logic. Classical logic - the logic of Aristotle's syllogisms - is wonderfully clear but it also offers a limited perspective for the study of social behaviour. Humans speak langu ages which abound in vague concepts, interact with one another in open-ended forms of cooperation an d coordination, can take decisions in groups on th e basis of what group members consider to be half- truths, can form opinions on the basis of what the y have understood of the opinions of others. Class ical logic is not the right tool for all these phe nomena. To deal with them, new, nonclassical logi cs have been developed. This public lecture will f ocus on how nonclassical logics can help to descri be and understand social behaviour, focusing on mu lti-player games, decision making in the face of u ncertainty, and aggregation of information, prefer ences, and opinions. For more information, see ht tp://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2014/650/info.php 3?wsid=650. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n
If human s are social animals, are they also logical animal s?
\nPerhaps it is not by chance tha t the same Aristotle who recognized the social nat ure of human beings as their defining trait is als o the father of logic.
\nClassical l ogic - the logic of Aristotle's syllogisms - is wo nderfully clear but it also offers a limited persp ective for the study of social behaviour. Humans s peak languages which abound in vague concepts, int eract with one another in open-ended forms of coop eration and coordination, can take decisions in gr oups on the basis of what group members consider t o be half-truths, can form opinions on the basis o f what they have understood of the opinions of oth ers. Classical logic is not the right tool for all these phenomena.
\nTo deal with the m, new, nonclassical logics have been devel oped. This public lecture will focus on how noncla ssical logics can help to describe and understand social behaviour, focusing on multi-player games, decision making in the face of uncertainty, and ag gregation of information, preferences, and opinion s.
\n \nFor more information, see http://www .lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2014/650/info.php3?wsid=6 50.
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