Category Archives: Slot 3

Jan van Eijck and Johan van Benthem. Logic in Action

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Mihael Arčan

This course offers a new kind of introduction to logic, merging traditional basic themes on inference and expressive power of languages with modern developments: connections between logic, cognition, and social interaction. The course introduces propositional and predicate logic as ways … Continue reading →

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Jan Broersen and Leon van der Torre. An advanced treatment of five problems of deontic logic and normative reasoning in computer science

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Mihael Arčan

In this course we give an in-depth treatment of 5 selected problems from our ESSLLI 2010 foundational course on deontic logic and normative reasoning in computer science. Motivations for the timeliness of a course on deontic logic and normative reasoning … Continue reading →

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Reinhard Blutner and Peter beim Graben. Linear algebra and the geometry of meaning

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Mihael Arčan

Geometric models of meaning have become increasingly popular in natural language semantics and cognitive science. In contrast to standard symbolic models of meaning (e.g. Montague), which give a qualitative treatment of differences in meaning, geometric models are also able to … Continue reading →

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Eckhard Bick. Introduction to Constraint Grammar

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Mihael Arčan

Introduced by Fred Karlsson at Helsinki University in the early 1990ies, Constraint Grammar (CG) is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary as a robust method of rule-based parsing, and individual grammars as well as multi-stage parsers are now available for … Continue reading →

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Eric McCready and Malte Zimmermann. Discourse Particles

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Mihael Arčan

The course gives a basic introduction into the empirical phenomenon of discourse particles and their semantic analysis. Focussing mainly on epistemic discourse particles in German/Dutch, Japanese, and English, we discuss the meaning contribution of such particles, as well as looking … Continue reading →

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Mirna Dzamonja and Benedikt Löwe. Modern set theory: Foundations and Applications

Posted on October 30, 2010 by Mihael Arčan

This workshop is organized and financially supported by the research networking programme INFTY: “New frontiers of infinity: mathematical, philosophical, and computational prospects” funded by the European Science Foundation (ESF). Tutorial speakers. Gregor Dolinar (Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenia), Martin Goldstern (Technische … Continue reading →

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