FINOGradConf18-MLS: Kinds of Reasoning - 4th FINO Graduate Conference in Mind, Language and Science Università del Piemonte Orientale Vercelli, Italy, September 3-4, 2018 |
Conference website | http://finograduateconference.wordpress.com |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=finogradconf18mls |
Submission deadline | May 20, 2018 |
Reasoning is a distinctive feature of human beings that comes into play in a variety of forms. Our conference aims at exploring such a variety: which kinds of reasoning lead us astray, and which ones, on the contrary, enable us to approach objectivity? Actually, can we really speak of different “kinds” of reasoning, or is there a fundamental unity behind this apparent diversity? In order to improve our knowledge on this topic, we think it is essential to integrate contributions from different perspectives: logical, epistemological, psychological etc.
Indeed, we believe it is very important to achieve a comprehensive overview on reasoning and on the methods used to study this topic in order to explore both the potential risks and the virtues of different forms of reasoning.
Submission Guidelines
We invite submissions in the form of an abstract (up to 500 words). Authors must be graduate students or young scholars. The official conference language is English; contributions in other languages will not be considered. The abstract should not contain any identifying information.
List of Topics
- probabilistic vs. non probabilistic reasoning
- dual process theories of reasoning
- reasoning errors: biases, heuristics and fallacies
- inference to the best explanation
- validity of classical reasoning principles (e.g. modus ponens)
- reasoning and social cognition
- pathological reasoning: reasoning in delusions, obsessions etc.
- kinds of intelligence
- practical vs. theoretical reasoning
- reasoning and rationality
- causal reasoning
- conditional reasoning
- reasoning and language
- reasoning with images: diagrams, maps etc.
- reasoning and mental representations
Committees
Program Committee
- Margherita Benzi
- Vincenzo Crupi
- Marcello Frixione
- Andrea Iacona
- Cristina Meini
- Alfredo Paternoster
- Tommaso Piazza
- Massimiliano Vignolo
Invited Speakers
- Carlotta Pavese (Duke University)
- Jan Sprenger (University of Turin)
Contact
All questions should be emailed to fino.graduateconference@gmail.com