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SUMMARY:Workshop on Rationality and Social Media / Part of the 8th UNILOG
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LOCATION:Plaza de Armas\, Cusco\, Peru\, 08003
DESCRIPTION:<p>Someone posts something on social media with the aim of showing discontent with something or someone else\; the post goes viral. Lately\, that has often happened but not much has been published on how this issue may affect academic practices like that of publishing a paper in a scientific journal that may lead to negative viral reactions. This workshop&rsquo\;s aim is to tackle the rationality (if any) behind this phenomenon.</p>\n<p>Topics may include\, but are not restricted to\, the following questions:</p>\n<p>Do those involved in what has been called &ldquo\;cancel culture&rdquo\; act like logical animals\, that is\, bearers of what the Greeks called logos?</p>\n<p>How should scientific journals&rsquo\; editors react to this culture\, say\, when a paper published by them gives rise to what has been named &ldquo\;cancellation&rdquo\;?</p>\n<p>Can the latter be fair\, just\, rationally justified\, morally good\, etc.?</p>\n<p>Is contemporary cancelation similar to past actions like the one portrayed in John 8:1-11 of stoning an adulterous woman\, those that Nietzsche associates with herd behavior\, etc.?</p>\n<p>What is or how should one use terms like &ldquo\;rationality&rdquo\;\, &ldquo\;logos&rdquo\; or other ones hardly distinguishable from them like &ldquo\;language&rdquo\;\, &ldquo\;reason&rdquo\;\, &ldquo\;science&rdquo\;\, etc.\, especially in light of the fact that countless logics have been proposed?</p>\n<p>Is the dispute about the number of correct logics a motivated dispute?</p>\n<p>What is (if any) the relation of irrationality or shortness of logos with homophobia\, sexism\, racism\, xenophobia\, Nazism\, communism\, etc.?</p>\n<p>Who or what has the power to define these terms?</p>\n<p>Can a use of a derogatory predicate (say\, &ldquo\;to be sexist&rdquo\;) be a violent one?</p>\n<p>What is (if any) the relation between logic and non-violence or what Gandhi calls &ldquo\;Ahimsa&rdquo\;?</p>\n<p>Submit a one page&nbsp\; abstract by November 1\, 2025\, to&nbsp\;felipegamoreira@usp.br&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Notifications of acceptance and rejection within days of submission.</p>\n<p>Duration of contributing talks is 30mn including discussion. There will be a round table at the end of the workshop with the participation of all the speakers.</p>\n<p>Accepted contributors will be invited to submit a full paper for inclusion in a volume on Rationality and Social Media edited by the organizer following the workshop.</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Felipe G. A Moreira:
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