Call for submissions for discussion session: Feminist Logic, Ruhr University Bochum, August 29-30, 2025
Feminist Logic is a relatively new but upcoming area of study. Work in this field sheds light on sexist (and other) biases in the area of logic. This is a very broad conception but it captures the diversity of the area of Feminist Logic. More specifically, Feminist Logic can mean... • ... to use logical tools for feminist ends, e.g., to uncover biases in arguments or to model social hierarchies to make patriarchal structures explicit, • ... to look at the history of logic from a feminist perspective, e.g., by revealing so far disregarded contributions by female logicians and exposing exclusionary practices that led to their invisibility, • ... to consider teaching practices in logic and how those disadvantage certain underrepresented groups, • ... to devise, revise and/or argue for logical systems from a distinctly feminist perspective, e.g., certain logical systems may seem better or worse suited for formalizing feminist arguments. This workshop aims at sharing and discussing the latest research in this area by bringing together both highly distinguished as well as early career researchers. List of speakers: Sara Ayhan (Ruhr University Bochum) Roy T. Cook (University of Minnesota) Maureen Eckert (UMass Dartmouth) Viviane Fairbank (University of St Andrews) Becca Kosten (University of Minnesota) Franci Mangraviti (University of Padova) Gillian Russell (Australian National University) Sara L. Uckelman (Durham University) Abstract submission for discussion session: Next to the speakers’ presentations a discussion session is planned including short presentations (5-10 mins) focused on exploring open problems and potential research directions in Feminist Logic. We welcome proposals for presentations at this session of around 300 words to be sent to sara.ay...@rub.de<mailto:sara.ay...@rub.de>. Members of groups that are underrepresented in logic are especially encouraged to submit. The deadline for submission is May 18, 2025. The notification of acceptance will be sent by June 1, 2025. Organization and contact: Sara Ayhan (Ruhr University Bochum) For any questions or inquiries please send a mail to: sara.ay...@rub.de<mailto:sara.ay...@rub.de> Note that a Topical Collection in Synthese on the topic of the workshop is in preparation. The deadline for submissions of papers to the Topical Collection is October 1, 2025. The conference is currently planned to be held as an in-person event. Passive online participation might be made possible, though, depending on the availability of the necessary technical support. For more information please see: https://sites.google.com/view/workshop-feministlogic/home -- [LOGIC] mailing list, provided by DLMPST More information (including information about subscription management) can be found here: http://dlmpst.org/pages/logic-list.php
