TRIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ITALIAN SOCIETY FOR LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

BOLOGNA, BOLOGNA UNIVERSITY
 June 20th – 23th, 2017

 

SILFS 2017, the triennial international conference of the Italian Society for Logic and the Philosophy of Science, will be held at the Department of Philosophy and Communication of the University of Bologna, 20-23 June 2017, via Azzo Gardino 23. 

Topics
  • Classical and Non-classical Logics
  • Computational Logic and Applications of Logic
  • Foundations of Logic and Mathematics
  • Formal Philosophy of Science and Formal Epistemology
  • General Philosophy of Science
  • Historical Aspects of Logic
  • Historical Aspects in the Philosophy of Science
  • Metaphysical Issues in the Philosophy of Science
  • Methodology
  • Philosophy of Behavioural Sciences
  • Philosophy of Cognition
  • Philosophy of Logic
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences
  • Philosophy of the Life Sciences
  • Philosophy of the Physical Sciences
  • Proof Theory
  • Semantic Aspects of Logic
Invited speakers
  • Giovanna D’Agostino (Università di Udine)
  • Francesco Guala (University of Milan)
  • Eleanor Knox (King’s College London)
  • Sabina Leonelli (University of Exeter) joint invitation with BIOM (Società Italiana di Storia, Filosofia e Studi Sociali della Biologia e della Medicina)
  • Jan von Plato (University of Helsinki)
  • Dag Westerståhl (University of Stockholm)
Contacts

For any question about organization, timing or any other issue concerning SILFS 2017 conference, please refer to:

  • Giovanna Corsi (University of Bologna) Chair of the scientific committee
  • Federico Laudisa (University of Milano-Bicocca) Co-Chair of the scientific committee
  • Alexander Afriat (University of Western Brittany)
  • Francesco Bianchini (University of Bologna)
  • Giovanni Boniolo (University of Ferrara)
  • Raffaella Campaner (University of Bologna)
  • Claudia Casadio (University of Chieti-Pescara)
  • Elena Castellani (University of Firenze)
  • Marcello D’Agostino (University of Milano)
  • Ernesto D’Avanzo (University of Salerno)
  • Mauro Dorato (University of Roma Tre)
  • Vincenzo Fano (University of Urbino)
  • Guido Gherardi (University of Bologna)
  • Silvio Ghilardi (University of Milano)
  • Roberto Giuntini (University of Cagliari)
  • Pierluigi Graziani (University of Chieti-Pescara)
  • Emiliano Ippoliti (Sapienza University of Rome)
  • Lorenzo Magnani (University of Pavia)
  • Pierluigi Minari (University of Firenze)
  • Sara Negri (University of Helsinki)
  • Eugenio Orlandelli (University of Bologna)
  • Francesco Paoli (University of Cagliari)
  • Roberto Pinzani (University of Parma)
  • Corrado Sinigaglia (University of Milano)
  • Gino Tarozzi (University of Urbino)
  • Guido Gherardi (Chair of the scientific committee)
  • Francesco Bianchini
  • Raffaella Campaner
  • Alessandro Kassapidis
  • Eugenio Orlandelli
  • Elena Pallottini
  • Lorenzo Sartori
  • Riccardo Zanichelli
  • Alessandro Cazzola
Submissions

We invite submissions of contributed paper and of contributed symposia in all areas of logic and philosophy of science. The deadline for submission is January 15th, 2017. The official language of the conference is English. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Classical and Non-classical Logics
  • Computational Logic and Applications of Logic
  • Foundations of Logic and Mathematics
  • Formal Philosophy of Science and Formal Epistemology
  • General Philosophy of Science
  • Historical Aspects of Logic
  • Historical Aspects in the Philosophy of Science
  • Metaphysical Issues in the Philosophy of Science
  • Methodology
  • Philosophy of Behavioural Sciences
  • Philosophy of Cognition
  • Philosophy of Logic
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Philosophy of the Social Sciences
  • Philosophy of the Life Sciences
  • Philosophy of the Physical Sciences
  • Proof Theory
  • Semantic Aspects of Logic
Contributed papers

Every contributed speaker will have 30 minutes, including discussion.

Potential contributors will have to submit their contributions by using the EasyChair submission page. In detail, they have to write a title, a short abstract in plain text, a list of 3-5 keywords (as required by EasyChair) and upload a one page long (maximum) abstract (including references) written using one of the following templates: (LaTeX), (Word).

Contributed symposia

Contributed symposia run parallel to the SILFS 2017 programme, and belong to the conference programme. They would be allocated either a full two-hours session (3-4 speakers) or one half-day (6-7 speakers).

Proposals for contributed symposia should be sent by using the EasyChair submission page. In detail, they have to write a title of the symposium, a short abstract in plain text, a list of 3-5 keywords (as required by EasyChair) and upload a proposal written using one of the following templates: (LaTeX), (Word). The proposal must include:

  1. The names and e-mail of the organizer(s) and the speakers of the affiliated symposium.
  2. A title and a 1-2 pages long description of the aim and scope of the symposium.
  3. Short abstracts (max 300 words) of the planned talks.
Conference deadlines
  • Paper submission: January 15, 2017
  • Symposium submission: January 15, 2017
  • Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2017
  • Final version: May 1st, 2017
  • Deadline for early registrations: April 24, 2017
Conference Fees

By April 24th 2017 

  • SILFS members €30,00
  • SILFS members Faculty members €70,00
  • non SILFS members €60,00
  • non SILFS members Faculity members €100,00

 

After April 24th 2017 

  • SILFS members* €50,00
  • SILFS members* Faculty members €90,00
  • non SILFS members €80,00
  • non SILFS members Faculity members €130,00

*membership 2017 paid

Conference Dinner

Thursday 22nd June 2017 h 19,30 Circolo Ufficiali – via Marsala, 12 40126 BOLOGNA, €35,00.

Note: the registration fee and the conference dinner can be paid together once in the shopping cart.