Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

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Special Issue of Studia Logica
on
Vagueness
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Guest editors: Libor Behounek and Rosanna Keefe
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Studia Logica is extending its scope. In future the journal will
not only cover pure logic but also applications of formal-logical
methods in philosophy and cognitive science. To mark this change,
the journal will have several special issues, of which this is one.

Vagueness poses a serious problem for classical logic and semantics.
Borderline predications appear to be neither true nor false, the
Law of Excluded Middle and other classical theorems are brought
into doubt, and the sorites paradox can lead us to question various
inference rules. Many alternative logics of vagueness have been
proposed, including different versions of three-valued logics,
fuzzy logics, supervaluationist logics and intuitionistic logic.
This special issue will explore some of the formal details and
philosophical justifications of these proposed logics. And it
may also investigate the logic of higher-order vagueness or of
the ‘definitely’ operator.

Contributors are invited from various disciplines, including
philosophy, logic, mathematics and computer science. Papers
should be of philosophical interest, while concerning aspects
of formal models; they may cover any issue within the debates
about vagueness.

Invited authors: Stewart Shapiro and Didier Dubois
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Submission of Papers
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Submitted papers should not exceed 20 pages (including bibliography),
and should be formatted according to the Studia Logica LaTex style
(see www.StudiaLogica.org). Some submissions in MS Word may also
be accepted: authors should consult the guest editors about this
possibility. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. The
authors should send an email with subject “Studia Logica Submission”
to the guest editors (Rosanna Keefe, R.Keefe@Sheffield.ac.uk and/or
Libor Behounek, behounek@cs.cas.cz), with the file of the paper as
an attachment, and the following information in the body of the email
in plain text: paper title, author names, surface mail, email address
and phone number of the contact author and a short abstract.

Deadline for submission of manuscripts: February 28th 2007

26-28 June 2007
Royal Holloway, University of London

Conference organized by the *Centre for the History of Philosophical
Theology* (based at King’s College London) in collaboration with the
*British Society for the History of Philosophy*. Plenary speakers will
include Justin Champion, Pierre Lurbe, John Marshall, and Blair Worden.

Papers investigating the significance of John Toland’s thought are
invited. Contributions on the following topics will be particularly
welcome:

. Toland and the liberty of conscience

. *Christianity not Mysterious*: reason and revelation

. Toland’s pantheism and materialism

. Toland and 18th-century theories of the origins of religion

. Toland and republicanism

. Sources and origins of Toland’s ideas

Abstracts (MAX 300 words) should be sent by Friday 12 January 2007 to
one of the organizers:
Maria Rosa Antognazza, King’s College London
(maria.rosa.antognazza@kcl.ac.uk); Peter.Byrne, King’s College London
(peter.byrne@ kcl.ac.uk); Justin Champion, Royal Holloway
(J.Champion@rhul.ac.uk).

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Dr Maria Rosa Antognazza
Philosophy of Religion
Department of Theology and Religious Studies
King’s College London (University of London)
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
maria.rosa.antognazza@kcl.ac.uk