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SUMMARY:Logic\, Science\, and Metaphysics: Logics as Scientific Theories
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DESCRIPTION:<p>Lecture 1: Logics as Scientific Theories (5 June)</p>\n<p>Lecture 2: Modal Logic as Metaphysics&nbsp\;(6 June)</p>\n<p><strong>Abstract Lecture 1:</strong></p>\n<p>The similarities between logic and other branches of science are&nbsp\;usually underestimated. Like other scientific theories\, logics can be&nbsp\;compared and assessed abductively in terms of their simplicity\,&nbsp\;strength\, elegance\, and consistency with what is already known.&nbsp\;Tarski&rsquo\;s definition of logical truth provides a suitable standard of&nbsp\;correctness for them to aim at. Such an account can avoid the&nbsp\;objectionable features of Quine&rsquo\;s holism.<br>&nbsp\;<br>The Petrus Hispanus Lectures are delivered every other academic year&nbsp\;at the University of Lisbon by a leading figure in current research&nbsp\;about the nature of mind\, cognition and language. Previous Petrus&nbsp\;Hispanus Lecturers: Hilary Putnam\, Daniel Dennett\, Richard Jeffrey\,&nbsp\;Ned Block\, David Kaplan\, Tyler Burge.<br><br>For more information\, please contact&nbsp\;Professor Jo&atilde\;o Branquinho&nbsp\;jbranquinho@campus.ul.pt</p>\n<p>LanCog Group (Language\, Mind and Cognition Research Group)<br>Project Online Companion PTDC/FIL-FIL/121209/2010</p>
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