4 February 2022, Cool Logic, Bobby Tosswill

Are you tired of getting confused listening to logic lectures? Has anyone ever looked at you like you’re speaking Martian when you try to explain what you’re studying here at the MoL? Do you find yourself reading a paper over multiple times, just checking that it's actually words written there, and not just gibberish pretending to be intelligent? Then you’re in the right place!

In Cool Logic’s first talk of 2022 next Friday, 4 Feb, Bobby Tosswill will take us on a journey to investigate what understanding is, how we communicate complex ideas, and what exactly makes bad lectures quite so bad. Drawing on research from cognitive science, the philosophies of understanding, mathematical practice, and so much more, Bobby will propose a cognitively-plausible logic of explanation, and demonstrate how it can help us make sense of how we make sense of things. So join us February the 4th, D1.111 in Science Park 904 – you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you might even just learn something!