Logical Pluralism, in Tartu

April 16, 2008 • 1 comment

I’m off to Tartu in late August, for what looks like a really fun conference on logical pluralism. The list of speakers is extraordinarily high-powered. Having so many smart people talk about logical pluralism is exciting, and not a little bit scary.

If you’re interested in coming along, let the organisers know by July 1. If you’re interested in the state of the art on logical pluralism, this conference is the place to be.

Thanks, Daniel, Marcus and Peter for organising this. It’s going to be my highlight of the second half of the year.

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Informal Logic: now open access

April 9, 2008 • comment

The journal Informal Logic, on argumentation theory and related issues, is now open access and online, after a 27 year history as a print (closed access) journal. The editors have sent out a request for interested parties to subscribe. Subscription is free: just fill in this form on the site. The editors are aiming get enough subscribers to secure funding from the SSHRC to keep the journal going now that they’re not taking paid subscriptions.

This is a worthy goal: the more open access journals, the better! So, if you’re at all interested in argumentation theory and informal logic, please sign up.

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We’re in the news…

March 30, 2008 • comment

Alas, we are in the news for not-very-good reasons. Given the recent retirements in Philosophy at Melbourne, it would be worse than surprising if any of the new redundancies hit Philosophy. However, the atmosphere around here not good — what concerns us most is the scope for new hiring when the Faculty as a whole is in the red so much. It is very hard to effectively plan ahead when so much is in flux and you’re not sure whether your efforts will benefit the discipline.

I hope to find out more when we hear what the Dean and the Vice Chancellor has to say at a meeting of all Arts Faculty staff this Tuesday. Let’s hope that they can articulate something that goes beyond slashing positions to rectify a budget hole.

I’m sorry to start posting on something so grim, but “trouble at mill” has been on our minds since mid-2007. I hope to post more about more enjoyable things soon.

Meanwhile, take a look at my writing page. There are quite a few new items there.

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Sorry…

February 13, 2008 • comment

This has been a good day. (Here is the video —- in three parts.)

As PJK said, when you change the government, you change the country…

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  • “Proof Theory and Meaning: on second order logic,” pp 157-170 in Logica 2007 Yearbook, edited by Michal Pelis, Filosofia, 2008. →
  • “Assertion and Denial, Commitment and Entitlement, and Incompatibility (and some consequence),” to appear in Logical Studies, a new journal published by the Institute for Logic and Cognition at Sun Yat-Sen University →
  • “Logic in Australasia,” to appear in a volume on the History of Philosophy in Australia and New Zealand, edited by Nick Trakakis and others, Lexington Books. →
  • “Truthmakers, Entailment and Necessity 2008,” an addendum to “Truthmakers, Entailment and Necessity,” to appear in Truth and Truth-making, edited by E. J. Lowe and A. Rami, Acumen, 2008. →
  • [with Rebecca Kukla and Mark Lance] Appendix to Rebecca Kukla and Mark Lance ‘Yo!’ and ‘Lo!’: the pragmatic topography of the space of reasons, Harvard University Press, to appear. →

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