This workshop will create a platform for researchers coming from different fields to present their work and exchange ideas on the topic of social dynamics of information change. We look both at already-established work as well as the possible new connections that can emerge between the areas of logic, belief revision theory, learning theory, game theory and social science.

We are particularly interested in the conceptual-theoretical work as well as in the applications of formal models to specific multi-agent scenarios in which belief revision plays a crucial role. In contrast to the classical single-agent approach to Belief Revision Theory, the new developments from the area of Logic and Game Theory make it now possible to pursue a multi-agent perspective. Similarly, the study of the iterated belief revision procedures can benefit from the work on learning strategies in Formal Learning Theory. Bringing the ideas from these different areas together allows us to put forward new theoretical work which can lead to new modeling techniques and offer a better understanding of puzzling social-informational phenomena (such as pluralistic ignorance, the bandwagoning effect, group polarization, etc.).

For more information see http://ninagierasimczuk.com/logicic/workshop2013/.

This workshop will create a platform for researchers coming from different fields to present their work and exchange ideas on the topic of social dynamics of information change. We look both at already-established work as well as the possible new connections that can emerge between the areas of logic, belief revision theory, learning theory, game theory and social science.

We are particularly interested in the conceptual-theoretical work as well as in the applications of formal models to specific multi-agent scenarios in which belief revision plays a crucial role. In contrast to the classical single-agent approach to Belief Revision Theory, the new developments from the area of Logic and Game Theory make it now possible to pursue a multi-agent perspective. Similarly, the study of the iterated belief revision procedures can benefit from the work on learning strategies in Formal Learning Theory. Bringing the ideas from these different areas together allows us to put forward new theoretical work which can lead to new modeling techniques and offer a better understanding of puzzling social-informational phenomena (such as pluralistic ignorance, the bandwagoning effect, group polarization, etc.).

For more information see http://ninagierasimczuk.com/logicic/workshop2013/.

For more information, see http://www.cwi.nl/htbin/acg/ACG.php4?mode=future

For more information, please visit the website http://www.illc.uva.nl/logic_tea/. or contact Guus Eelink (guuseelink at gmail.com), Johannes Marti (johannes.marti at gmail.com) or Masa Mocnik (masa.mocnik at gmail.com).

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This workshop will create a platform for researchers coming from different fields to present their work and exchange ideas on the topic of social dynamics of information change. We look both at already-established work as well as the possible new connections that can emerge between the areas of logic, belief revision theory, learning theory, game theory and social science.

We are particularly interested in the conceptual-theoretical work as well as in the applications of formal models to specific multi-agent scenarios in which belief revision plays a crucial role. In contrast to the classical single-agent approach to Belief Revision Theory, the new developments from the area of Logic and Game Theory make it now possible to pursue a multi-agent perspective. Similarly, the study of the iterated belief revision procedures can benefit from the work on learning strategies in Formal Learning Theory. Bringing the ideas from these different areas together allows us to put forward new theoretical work which can lead to new modeling techniques and offer a better understanding of puzzling social-informational phenomena (such as pluralistic ignorance, the bandwagoning effect, group polarization, etc.).

For more information see http://ninagierasimczuk.com/logicic/workshop2013/.

For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/alg-coalg or contact Sumit Sourabh (sumit.sourabh at gmail.com).

AmFiBi (in collaboration with Logic and Linguistic Turns) organizes a Wittgenstein film evening with a.o. projection of the film "Wittgenstein" by Derek Jarman. Martin Stokhof will introduce the films.

For more information, contact M.D.Aloni at uva.nl

False-belief tasks play a prominent role in the study of social cognition. They have been designed to track the ability to attribute false-belief, i.e., to recognize that others may have different beliefs about the world. The experimental results are fairly consistent: most normally developing children are unable to pass the tasks until around age four. Acquiring the ability to pass false belief-tasks seems to be a milestone in the development of one's theory of mind. Psychologists and cognitive scientists have been actively trying to pin down the mental resources responsible for the ability. In parallel, logicians have been recently trying to understand formal and computational aspects of the false-belief reasoning. The workshop will bring together various perspectives on the formal modeling of false-belief tasks. The workshop is open to everyone interested in logic and cognitive science.

For more information, see http://jakubszymanik.com/false-belief/

For abstracts and more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/LoLa/DIP-Colloquium/.

For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/ or contact coollogic.uva at gmail.com.

In order to strengthen the ties between ILLC and the department of philosophy, the department of philosophy will have their 'afdelingsborrel' in the common room of the ILLC on Monday 9 December 2013 t. This event was initially planned for 28 October last, but was then canceled because of bad wheather condition. Before the 'borrel', we have organised a short scientific session as well, with three 10-minutes talks featuring:

- Christian Skirke: Does it Matter Who's Right? A Few Remarks on Disagreement.
- Michiel van Lambalgen: Kant, developmental psychology and time
- Ulle Endriss: Justice and Computation

The scientific session starts at 16.30. Everybody is invited, also for the 'borrel' afterwards.

For more information, contact R.A.M.vanRooij at uva.nl.

The central topic of this workshop is knowledge, argumentation and games. The workshop will create an opportunity for philosophers and logicians to meet and present their work on this topic.

For more information, see https://sites.google.com/site/knowledgeargumentationgame/the-workshop

For more information and abstracts, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/LaCo/CLS/

The ILLC Colloquium is a half-yearly festive event (either the New Year's Colloquium, the Midsummernight Colloquium or the Midwinter Colloquium) that brings together the three research groups at the ILLC. Each colloquium consists of three main talks by representatives from the Logic and Language group, the Language and Computation group and the Logic and Computation group, which are occasionally followed by Wild Idea Talks. The colloquium is concluded by a get together of the entire ILLC community.

For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/ILLCColloquium/

The workshop is concerned with the semantics and pragmatics of questions, question-embedding expressions, and constructions that are sensitive to the questions that are under discussion in a given discourse (e.g. topic and focus markers). The workshop is collocated with SemDial and the Amsterdam Colloquium.

For more information, see https://sites.google.com/site/inquisitivesemantics/workshops/

DialDam will be the 17th edition of the SemDial workshop series, which aims to bring together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue in fields such as formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. In 2013 the workshop will be hosted by the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, and will be collocated with the Amsterdam Colloquium.

The list of accepted full papers is online and registration is open. For more information, see the website at http://www.illc.uva.nl/semdial/dialdam/ or contact raquel.fernandez at uva.nl.

The workshop is concerned with the semantics and pragmatics of questions, question-embedding expressions, and constructions that are sensitive to the questions that are under discussion in a given discourse (e.g. topic and focus markers). The workshop is collocated with SemDial and the Amsterdam Colloquium.

For more information, see https://sites.google.com/site/inquisitivesemantics/workshops/

DialDam will be the 17th edition of the SemDial workshop series, which aims to bring together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue in fields such as formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. In 2013 the workshop will be hosted by the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, and will be collocated with the Amsterdam Colloquium.

The list of accepted full papers is online and registration is open. For more information, see the website at http://www.illc.uva.nl/semdial/dialdam/ or contact raquel.fernandez at uva.nl.

The workshop is concerned with the semantics and pragmatics of questions, question-embedding expressions, and constructions that are sensitive to the questions that are under discussion in a given discourse (e.g. topic and focus markers). The workshop is collocated with SemDial and the Amsterdam Colloquium.

For more information, see https://sites.google.com/site/inquisitivesemantics/workshops/

DialDam will be the 17th edition of the SemDial workshop series, which aims to bring together researchers working on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue in fields such as formal semantics and pragmatics, computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience. In 2013 the workshop will be hosted by the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, and will be collocated with the Amsterdam Colloquium.

The list of accepted full papers is online and registration is open. For more information, see the website at http://www.illc.uva.nl/semdial/dialdam/ or contact raquel.fernandez at uva.nl.

The Amsterdam Colloquia aim at bringing together linguists, philosophers, logicians, cognitive scientists and computer scientists who share an interest in the formal study of the semantics and pragmatics of natural and formal languages.

The 2013 edition will be held at the University of Amsterdam on 18-20 December and will be collocated with the 17th SemDial workshop (DialDam).

The 19th Amsterdam Colloquium will feature two workshops on Quantitative Data and on Modals; a special session on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, jointly organized with the SemDial Workshop; and one evening lecture, jointly organized with the E.W. Beth Foundation.

For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/AC/AC2013/

The Amsterdam Colloquia aim at bringing together linguists, philosophers, logicians, cognitive scientists and computer scientists who share an interest in the formal study of the semantics and pragmatics of natural and formal languages.

The 2013 edition will be held at the University of Amsterdam on 18-20 December and will be collocated with the 17th SemDial workshop (DialDam).

The 19th Amsterdam Colloquium will feature two workshops on Quantitative Data and on Modals; a special session on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, jointly organized with the SemDial Workshop; and one evening lecture, jointly organized with the E.W. Beth Foundation.

For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/AC/AC2013/

The aim of this talk to offer a formal understanding of common law reasoning -- especially the nature of this reasoning, but also its point, or justification, in terms of social coordination. I will present two, possibly three, formal models of the common law, and argue for one according to which courts are best thought of, not as creating and modifying rules, but as generating a priority ordering on reasons. The work draws on bits of logic, and also on research in artificial intelligence and law; it contributes to legal theory, and also, possibly, to applied ethics.

The Amsterdam Colloquia aim at bringing together linguists, philosophers, logicians, cognitive scientists and computer scientists who share an interest in the formal study of the semantics and pragmatics of natural and formal languages.

The 2013 edition will be held at the University of Amsterdam on 18-20 December and will be collocated with the 17th SemDial workshop (DialDam).

The 19th Amsterdam Colloquium will feature two workshops on Quantitative Data and on Modals; a special session on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue, jointly organized with the SemDial Workshop; and one evening lecture, jointly organized with the E.W. Beth Foundation.

For more information, see http://www.illc.uva.nl/AC/AC2013/

For more information, see http://smartcognitivescience.wordpress.com/