The conference is dedicated to exploring new ideas on what has been and remains a fundamental theme in the philosophy of language, namely, the relation between meaning and truth. We invite papers from young researchers who have an original contribution to make regarding the role of truth in a theory of meaning, the role of meaning in a theory of truth, or even the question of whether meaning and truth are actually related in an interesting way.

The conference is motivated by the ongoing debates and discussions that pose new challenges on how to conceive of meaning and of truth, and the relation between them. Some areas of interest here include: truth-functional vs. proof-theoretic semantics; semantic theories of truth; the role of context in interpretation; semantic normativity; deflationism; meaning as use; inferentialism; compositionality; vagueness; the semantics-pragmatics interface; language evolution.

The program committee invites submissions in the form of short papers (not longer than 4000 words) accompanied by short abstracts (not longer than 500 words). The deadline for submission is June 10 and it should follow the on-line submission form, available on the conference website. Candidates eligible for submission are graduate students and those who have completed a doctoral dissertation within the last three years.

For more information, please visit the conference website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/agpc/agpc09/, or contact agpc at uva.nl

The conference is dedicated to exploring new ideas on what has been and remains a fundamental theme in the philosophy of language, namely, the relation between meaning and truth. We invite papers from young researchers who have an original contribution to make regarding the role of truth in a theory of meaning, the role of meaning in a theory of truth, or even the question of whether meaning and truth are actually related in an interesting way.

The conference is motivated by the ongoing debates and discussions that pose new challenges on how to conceive of meaning and of truth, and the relation between them. Some areas of interest here include: truth-functional vs. proof-theoretic semantics; semantic theories of truth; the role of context in interpretation; semantic normativity; deflationism; meaning as use; inferentialism; compositionality; vagueness; the semantics-pragmatics interface; language evolution.

The program committee invites submissions in the form of short papers (not longer than 4000 words) accompanied by short abstracts (not longer than 500 words). The deadline for submission is June 10 and it should follow the on-line submission form, available on the conference website. Candidates eligible for submission are graduate students and those who have completed a doctoral dissertation within the last three years.

For more information, please visit the conference website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/agpc/agpc09/, or contact agpc at uva.nl

For more information, see here or https://www.illc.uva.nl/~ulle/seminar/ or contact Ulle Endriss (ulle.endriss at uva.nl).

The conference is dedicated to exploring new ideas on what has been and remains a fundamental theme in the philosophy of language, namely, the relation between meaning and truth. We invite papers from young researchers who have an original contribution to make regarding the role of truth in a theory of meaning, the role of meaning in a theory of truth, or even the question of whether meaning and truth are actually related in an interesting way.

The conference is motivated by the ongoing debates and discussions that pose new challenges on how to conceive of meaning and of truth, and the relation between them. Some areas of interest here include: truth-functional vs. proof-theoretic semantics; semantic theories of truth; the role of context in interpretation; semantic normativity; deflationism; meaning as use; inferentialism; compositionality; vagueness; the semantics-pragmatics interface; language evolution.

The program committee invites submissions in the form of short papers (not longer than 4000 words) accompanied by short abstracts (not longer than 500 words). The deadline for submission is June 10 and it should follow the on-line submission form, available on the conference website. Candidates eligible for submission are graduate students and those who have completed a doctoral dissertation within the last three years.

For more information, please visit the conference website at https://www.illc.uva.nl/agpc/agpc09/, or contact agpc at uva.nl

The First International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-I) took place in Beijing in August 2007, with participation by researchers from artificial intelligence, game theory, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and cognitive science. The workshop led to great advances in mutual understanding, both academically and culturally, between Chinese and foreign logicians. Due to the success of LORI-I, we have decided to continue organizing LORI at various places in China and possibly other countries in Asia and the Pacific Area in the future.

The Second International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-II) will take place in Chongqing, China, during October 8-11, 2009. The Workshop will feature a distinguished roster of invited speakers, refereed contributed papers, poster and tutorials sessions for students, as well as cultural events and excursions.

For more information, see http://loriweb.org/lori2009

The First International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-I) took place in Beijing in August 2007, with participation by researchers from artificial intelligence, game theory, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and cognitive science. The workshop led to great advances in mutual understanding, both academically and culturally, between Chinese and foreign logicians. Due to the success of LORI-I, we have decided to continue organizing LORI at various places in China and possibly other countries in Asia and the Pacific Area in the future.

The Second International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-II) will take place in Chongqing, China, during October 8-11, 2009. The Workshop will feature a distinguished roster of invited speakers, refereed contributed papers, poster and tutorials sessions for students, as well as cultural events and excursions.

For more information, see http://loriweb.org/lori2009

For abstracts and more information, see https://www.illc.uva.nl/dip/

The First International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-I) took place in Beijing in August 2007, with participation by researchers from artificial intelligence, game theory, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and cognitive science. The workshop led to great advances in mutual understanding, both academically and culturally, between Chinese and foreign logicians. Due to the success of LORI-I, we have decided to continue organizing LORI at various places in China and possibly other countries in Asia and the Pacific Area in the future.

The Second International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-II) will take place in Chongqing, China, during October 8-11, 2009. The Workshop will feature a distinguished roster of invited speakers, refereed contributed papers, poster and tutorials sessions for students, as well as cultural events and excursions.

For more information, see http://loriweb.org/lori2009

The First International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-I) took place in Beijing in August 2007, with participation by researchers from artificial intelligence, game theory, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and cognitive science. The workshop led to great advances in mutual understanding, both academically and culturally, between Chinese and foreign logicians. Due to the success of LORI-I, we have decided to continue organizing LORI at various places in China and possibly other countries in Asia and the Pacific Area in the future.

The Second International Workshop on Logic, Rationality and Interaction (LORI-II) will take place in Chongqing, China, during October 8-11, 2009. The Workshop will feature a distinguished roster of invited speakers, refereed contributed papers, poster and tutorials sessions for students, as well as cultural events and excursions.

For more information, see http://loriweb.org/lori2009

Tijdens de eerstvolgende editie van de voordrachtenreeks De stelling van ... is het woord aan Henkjan Honing, universitair hoofddocent op het terrein van Muziekcognitie. Hij gaat op maandag 12 oktober in op de stelling ‘We zijn allemaal muzikale dieren'.

Over muzikaliteit bestaan veel misverstanden. Mensen die zichzelf amuzikaal vinden, zeggen dat ze geen ritmegevoel hebben of niet zuiver kunnen zingen. Een zingende vogel of een op de maat dansende kaketoe vinden ze echter al snel ‘muzikaal'. Maar kunnen dieren wel muzikaal zijn en wat is muzikaliteit eigenlijk?

De toegang is vrij. U dient zich wel van te voren aan te melden. Voor meer informatie, zie http://www.science.uva.nl/actueel/nieuws.cfm/E0B0A7B2-1321-B0BE-68C7AD498A41BF51 en http://www.science.uva.nl/actueel/Agenda.cfm/C806D906-1321-B0BE-68CAD58FF96CEFB3

The Logic Tea homepage can be found at https://www.illc.uva.nl/logic_tea/. For more information, please contact Lorenz Demey (lorenzdemey at hotmail.com) or Yurii Khomskii (Y.D.Khomskii at uva.nl)

NAP is the abbreviation of Nieuw Amsterdams Peil and this day is meant for junior researchers to present their (ongoing) research. The NAPdag will be a full day of presentations, including social events like having lunch and drinks afterwards.

Because of the growing collaboration between the two research institutes, there will be presentations of PhD's from the ACLC as well as from the ILLC. Attendance is free, but if you wish to join the (free) lunch, please send an email to the organizers.

For more information, see here or http://www.hum.uva.nl/aclc/object.cfm/4317883A-3102-4F8A-A31CBC1402EBC5E4/, or contact the organizers at napdag2009 at gmail.com.

The Logic Tea homepage can be found at https://www.illc.uva.nl/logic_tea/ For more information, please contact Lorenz Demey (lorenzdemey at hotmail.com), Umberto Grandi (u.grandi at uva.nl) or Yurii Khomskii (Y.D.Khomskii at uva.nl).

The symposium starts with a lecture by Prof. Bill Batchelder, who will give an overview of the history of mathematical learning models. He will discuss how recent advances in statistical computing have renewed the relevance of traditional, and seemingly out-dated, models for learning and memory. This lecture is followed by presentations of recent developments and applications of learning models in the areas of category learning, probabilistic learning, causal learning, classical and operant conditioning, and discrimination learning.

Participation is free. Please register by sending an email to v.d.schmittmann at uva.nl. For more information, see http://www.cognitie.nl/events/.

Peirce first identified abduction as a type of inference distinct from induction and deduction. He claimed that abduction permeates every aspect of human thought, from low-level perception to scientific theory choice. In contemporary philosophy, abduction is frequently considered only in the latter capacity, as a form of high-level scientific reasoning. In A.I., abduction is closely associated with the frame problem, the problem of how to determine relevance. Again, however, philosophers tend to identify this as a problem only for high-level reasoning. Fodor, for example, argues that low-level perceptual processes are encapsulated, and thus immune to the challenges of holistic reasoning, like abduction. In this talk I provide an overview of several different perspectives on abduction. I argue that the fundamental stumbling block for formal models of abduction is its inherently creative character. I conclude with a defence of Peirce’s original insight, arguing that empirical research on perception is a field from which models of abduction in other domains (such as scientific reasoning) can and should draw inspiration.

For more information contact Nina Gierasimczuk at N.Gierasimczuk at uva.nl.

On this TCSA-day, organised by UvA, VU en CWI, theoretical computer scientists from the Amsterdam region can meet to learn about each others' work. The programme consists of talks by researchers from CWI, UvA, and VU. There is no need to register. Tea and coffee is offered; lunch is not organised.

For more information, see http://www.cs.vu.nl/en/news-agenda/agenda/2009/TCSA_index.asp

For more information, see here or https://www.illc.uva.nl/~ulle/seminar/, or contact Ulle Endriss (ulle.endriss at uva.nl).