[PEIRCE-L] Call for Participation: GOD AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIAN TRADITIONS (online and in-person)

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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION (online and in-person)





*1st Conference on*

*GOD AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIAN TRADITIONS*

Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK

May 15-17, 2024



Website: https://www.god-and-consciousness.com/oxford-conference

Registration: god.and.consciousn...@gmail.com

Deadline: May 07, 2024



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REGISTRATION



To register, send an email to god.and.consciousn...@gmail.com, with the
subject “Registration at the Oxford Conference” by May 07, 2024. The body
of the message should contain the following information: (1) full name, (2)
institution/country, and (3) type of attendance (in-person or online).
Attendance will be guaranteed on a first come, first served basis.



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THE CONFERENCE



This the first (hybrid) conference of the project “Concepts of God and the
Variety of Theisms in Indian Traditions: Towards a Theistic Theory of
Consciousness”, hosted by the Brazilian Association for the Philosophy of
Religion and supported by funding totaling $260,000 from the John Templeton
Foundation.



https://www.god-and-consciousness.com



It is hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, and will take place in
Worcester College, University of Oxford.



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KEYNOTE TALKS



• God, Consciousness, and Cosmos: Prospects for a Non-illusory Theistic
Monism, Timothy O'Connor (Indiana University, USA)

• Of Micropsychism, Memory, and Maheśvara: Utpaladeva on God as the Unifier
of Consciousness, Amit Chaturvedi (University of Hong Kong, China)

• Is God Conscious? Reflections on Śākta-Śaiva Ideas of Transcendence and
Immanence, Gavin Flood (University of Oxford, UK)

• Karl Christian Friedrich Krause’s Panentheism and the Vedic Traditions,
Benedikt Paul Göcke (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)

• Panpsychism and Divine Embodiment, Joanna Leidenhag (University of Leeds,
UK)

• Does and Could Śaṅkara’s Advaita Vedānta concern itself with the Hard
Problem of Consciousness? Anand Jayprakash Vaidya (San Jose State
University, USA)



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CONTRIBUTED TALKS



• A Bare Theism for a Fully General Comparative Philosophy of Religion,
Ravi M. Gupta and Mike Ashfield (Utah State University, USA)

• A Comparative Analysis of Brahman and the Anselmian Being: Exploring
Divine Concepts through the Bhagavad Gita, Saheba Saxena (University of
Lincoln, UK)

• Advaita Vedānta and the God-World Relation, Thomas Oberle (University of
Alberta, Canada)

• Ascending Concepts of God in the Bhagavad-gītā, Ithamar Theodor (Zefat
Academic Colege, Israel)

• Between Theism and Atheism: A Jain Paradigm of God, Jinesh R. Sheth
(University of Mumbai, India)

• Can the Bhagavad Gītā Explain the Existence of Consciousness? Akshay
Gupta (Independent scholar)

• Consciousness, Agency, and Moral Responsibility in Vedānta, Brett Parris
(Balliol College, University of Oxford, UK)

• Decombining Perspectives: A Kashmiri Śaivist View of Cosmopsychism,
Munema Moiz (University of Toronto, Canada)

• Divine Consciousness as Linguistic Consciousness: The Trika Śaiva
adaptation of Bhartṛhari’s levels of language as they relate to divine
potency, union, and revelation, Veronica Benjamin (Independent scholar
affiliated with Ishvar Parvat Samvidālaya Library, India)

• Gauḍīya Vaisnavism and Personal Identity: A Reductionist Approach, Alan
Herberth (Oxford Centre fo Hindu Studies, UK)

• Looking at the Prakṛti-Puruṣa dichotomy through the lens of Feminist
Materialism: A Critique of Western Hegemonic Dichotomies and a New
Perspective on Dualism, Sarnali Chatterjee (Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, India)

• Panentheism and the Contradictory God in a Bhedābheda Vedānta Tradition,
Ricardo Sousa Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)

• Śiva's Creative Pulsation: A Theistic Understanding of Consciousness and
Matter, Klara Margareta Agnes Hedling (University of New Mexico, USA)

• The universe as aṁśa of Brahman: Towards a Viśiṣṭādvaitic
existence-cosmopsychism, S Siddharth (Sai University, India)

• The Vaiṣṇava Vedānta approach to subjective awareness, Shivanand Sharma
(University of Birmingham, UK)



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ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITEE



• Alan Herbert, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK (chair)

• Gabriel Reis de Oliveira, Saint Louis University, USA



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SCIENTIFIC COMMITEE



• Ricardo Sousa Silvestre, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil
(chair)

• Yujin Nagasawa, University of Oklahoma, USA

• Monima Chadha, Monash University, Australia

• Swami Medhananda, UCLA and University of Southern California, USA

• Ananya Barua, University of Delhi, India

• Dilip Loundo, University of 

[PEIRCE-L] Logic and Religion Webinar: The Love Commandments - Robert Audi, April 18

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THE LOVE COMMANDMENTS: SOME LOGICAL AND ETHICAL ASPECTS


Speaker: Robert Audi

(University
of Notre Dame, USA)

Chair: Ricardo Sousa Silvestre

(Federal
University of Campina Grande, Brazil)



Time zones: 10:00 am in New York; 12:00 pm in Brazil; 4:00 pm in Paris;
5:00 pm in Jerusalem; and 8:30 pm in New Delhi.



Zoom link to access the talk:



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Abstract: This presentation explores the meaning and scope of the love
commandments, especially the second, telling us to love our neighbors as
ourselves.  What kind of relation to God is appropriate to the command to
love God with all our heart, soul, and mind?  If, as is plausible, what is
commanded can be intended, what is intended is action, and love is not an
action or under direct positive voluntary control, how can love be
commanded?  If love really is impossible to achieve at will and cannot be
directly commanded, what kinds of acts are appropriate to carrying out the
two commandments?  This question is important not only theologically (and
not only for Christianity), but also for understanding moral obligation in
general.  With that in mind, Kant’s categorical imperative, in its Formula
of Humanity version—requiring us to treat persons as ends in themselves and
never merely as means—will be briefly examined.







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[PEIRCE-L] Sensible Animism: The Logic and Religion Webinar, Feb 22 (Thursday)

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Webinar Series which will be held on February 22 (THIS THURSDAY), 2024, at 4 pm 
CET with the topic:

SENSIBLE ANIMISM
Speaker: Evan Fales (The 
University of Iowa, USA)
Chair: Assis Mariano (University of 
Missouri-Columbia, USA)

Time zones: 10:00 am in New York; 12:00 pm in Brazil; 4:00 pm in Paris; 5:00 pm 
in Jerusalem; and 8:30 pm in New Delhi.

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Abstract: Not uncommonly, modern reflection on “primitive” tribal religions 
(sometimes labelled ‘animist’) has concluded that, in one way or another, such 
religions are grounded in irrational cognitive processes, in contrast to the 
sophisticated thought that characterizes the theologies of advanced religions.  
Is this a fair judgment?  Or does it reflect a fundamental failure to grasp the 
ontological underpinnings of primitive theologies?  I’ll argue for the latter, 
and that a different approach suggests not only rational but sophisticated 
thinking.  My argument proceeds, from a strong principle of interpretive 
charity and analysis of the ontology of social realities, to this proposal.


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[PEIRCE-L] LARA Celebration of the World Logic Day: The Logic and Religion Webinar, Jan 25 (Thursday)

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Webinar Series which will be held on January 25 (THIS THURSDAY), 2024, at 4 pm 
CET with the topic:

Time zones: 10:00 am in New York; 12:00 pm in Brazil; 4:00 pm in Paris; 5:00 pm 
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LARA Celebration of the World Logic Day

Agnieszka Rostalska 
(Ghent University, Belgium)
Anand Vaidya (San José State 
University, USA)
Jean-Yves Beziau (Federal 
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Marcin Trepczyński (University of Warsaw, 
Poland)

Caroline Pires Ting 
(Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and Macau International Institute)
Francisco de Assis Mariano (University of 
Missouri-Columbia, USA)


Zoom link to access the talk:

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link:
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The 6th edition of the World Logic Day  is 
the opportunity to reflect on the activities (past, present, and future) and 
goals of LARA (Logic And Religion Association) with some of its main actors. 
This will be a round table, each participant giving a short talk and, after 
that, there will be an animated interactive discussion with the audience.


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[PEIRCE-L] GOD AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIAN TRADITIONS - 1st Call For Papers

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CALL FOR PAPERS

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GOD AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN INDIAN TRADITIONS

Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK

May 15-17, 2024



Deadline: March 1, 2024

Website: https://www.god-and-consciousness.com/oxford-conference

Submission of abstract: god.and.consciousn...@gmail.com



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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS



- Timothy O'Connor, Indiana University, USA

- Amit Chaturvedi, University of Hong Kong, China

- Gavin Flood, University of Oxford, UK

- Benedikt Paul Göcke, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

- Joanna Leidenhag, University of Leeds, UK

- Anand Jayprakash Vaidya, San Jose State University, USA



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THEORETICAL BACKGROUND



Divinity in some theistic (or theistically inclined) Indian religions is
often conceived monotheistically, as a supreme OmniGod (much like in
Western accounts of God). Monotheistic conceptions of God occur in Śaivism,
Śaktism, Vaiṣṇavism, Sikhism as well as Indian reiterations of Islam,
Christianity and Zoroastrianism. There are also arguably monotheistic
concepts of God given by the Indian philosophical schools (darṣanas), such
as Vedānta, Nyāya, Mīmāṃsā, and Yoga.

Despite the evidence for a general Indian religious disposition towards
monotheism, Indian concepts of God can exhibit certain peculiarities that
distance them from the traditional idea of monotheism. For example, some
Indian conceptions of God revolve around God’s being united with the world
and finite conscious beings in various ways. This is the heart of the
famous Vedānta debate about the relationship between Brahman - the ultimate
conscious reality - and the rest of existence, and of a wide variety of
theistic views on the relation between ultimate conscious reality and the
world. Interpretations range through idealism, qualified monism, dualism,
and a mixture of monism and dualism (as in the different theories of
bhedābheda, or difference and non-difference).



The reference to consciousness (in the expressions “conscious beings” and
“ultimate conscious reality”) is not gratuitous. Philosophical Indian
traditions such as Vedānta and Sāṅkhya have developed sophisticated
ontological views on consciousness. These views have strongly influenced
and been influenced by Indian theistic traditions. For example, in the
Bhavagad Gītā - a key Vedānta text strongly informed by Sāṅkhya (or
proto-Sāṅkhya) thought - matter is seemingly given a cognitive aspect that
somehow intermediates the conscious experience of ordinary living beings.
But the Gītā also says that God is the source (prabhava) of consciousness
and matter. While matter and consciousness are fundamental aspects of
reality, in God they have a common ontological ground. Depending on how a
specific theistic tradition interprets this, its concept of God might imply
some kind of theory of consciousness.



Against this background, two sets of questions arise, which in current
debates are often overlooked or are only partially addressed. The first
relates to the nature and tenability of concepts of God; the second
concerns the nature of consciousness. On the first set of questions, one
might ask:



- Can certain concepts of God in Indian traditions really be regarded
monotheistic in the Western sense of the term?

- Or are they closer to panentheism, theistic pantheism, henotheism or
polytheism?

- What divine properties do the traditions ascribe to their respective
divinity or sets of divinity?

- Can the corresponding concepts of God be described in a consistent way?

- Is it sensible to presuppose that they should be describable in such a
way?

- Do any of these concepts of God possess an advantage over Western
philosophical accounts of God?



On the second set of questions, it could be asked:



- Which views on consciousness are presupposed by Indian concepts of God?

- How can these views be philosophically articulated?

- What are their advantages and disadvantages compared to standard accounts
of consciousness found in Western analytical philosophy?

- Furthermore, are these accounts compatible with a scientific worldview?

- Can the concept of God contribute to a scientifically consistent theory
of consciousness?



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SUBMISSION



We invite submissions of contributed papers that address the above
questions in relation to specific Indian traditions. Abstracts must have a
maximum of 3000 characters and be written in English. They must be
submitted by March 1, 2024, through the e-mail
god.and.consciousn...@gmail.com, with the subject “Submission to the Oxford
Conference”. In the body of the message, the author should state whether
the paper will be presented in-person or online (preference will be given
to in-person presentations). Notification of acceptance will be released on
March 11, 

[PEIRCE-L] Mozi’s Philosophy of Universal Love and Analogical Reasoning: The Logic and Religion Webinar, Dec 14 (Thursday)

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Webinar Series which will be held on December 14 (THIS THURSDAY), 2023, at 4pm 
CET with the topic:

Mozi’s Philosophy of Universal Love and Analogical Reasoning
Speaker: Caroline Pires 
Ting (Federal University 
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Chair: Jean-Yves Beziau (Federal University of Rio 
de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Abstract: The forthcoming exposition delves into Mozi’s philosophy of Universal 
Love (兼愛, jian'ai) and its profound impact on Chinese civilization. Mozi (墨子, 
c. 470 BCE – c. 391 BCE) is a leading light in Chinese philosophical discourse 
of his time. At the heart of his idea lies the notion of impartial care, 
advocating that all human endeavors ought to originate from an unwavering 
foundation of undistinguished concern. This doctrine is instrumental in shaping 
a distinctive ethos grounded in the ethical and political aspirations for 
societal enhancement. Unbiased love becomes fundamental to his intellectual 
framework, acting as the benchmark for all logical actions. As Chinese 
philosophical traditions began engaging with Western thought in recent times, 
Mohist reasoning experienced a revival, reinforcing the notion that Chinese 
philosophical traditions also possess an analytical inclination. Our goal in 
this talk is to explain how Mozi's understanding of love embodies an idea of 
benevolence rooted in a rigorous epistemological construct.


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[PEIRCE-L] Mozi’s Philosophy of Universal Love and Analogical Reasoning: The Logic and Religion Webinar, Dec 14 (Thursday)

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Mozi’s Philosophy of Universal Love and Analogical Reasoning
Speaker: Caroline Pires 
Ting (Federal University 
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Chair: Jean-Yves Beziau (Federal University of Rio 
de Janeiro, Brazil)

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Abstract: The forthcoming exposition delves into Mozi’s philosophy of Universal 
Love (兼愛, jian'ai) and its profound impact on Chinese civilization. Mozi (墨子, 
c. 470 BCE – c. 391 BCE) is a leading light in Chinese philosophical discourse 
of his time. At the heart of his idea lies the notion of impartial care, 
advocating that all human endeavors ought to originate from an unwavering 
foundation of undistinguished concern. This doctrine is instrumental in shaping 
a distinctive ethos grounded in the ethical and political aspirations for 
societal enhancement. Unbiased love becomes fundamental to his intellectual 
framework, acting as the benchmark for all logical actions. As Chinese 
philosophical traditions began engaging with Western thought in recent times, 
Mohist reasoning experienced a revival, reinforcing the notion that Chinese 
philosophical traditions also possess an analytical inclination. Our goal in 
this talk is to explain how Mozi's understanding of love embodies an idea of 
benevolence rooted in a rigorous epistemological construct.


Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

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[PEIRCE-L] Second Call for Small Grant Proposals: God and Consciousness in Indian Traditions

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*SECOND CALL FOR SMALL GRANT PROPOSALS: PAPER INCUBATOR*





*Deadline*: January 5, 2024

*Website*: www.god-and-consciousness.com/grants



The project Concepts of God and the Variety of Theisms in Indian
Traditions: Towards a Theistic Theory of Consciousness
 is an initiative that has as
general goals (1) to philosophically reconstruct concepts of God in Indian
theistic (or theistically inclined) traditions, namely from Vaishnava,
Shaiva, Shakti, indigenous or other religious perspectives on the
subcontinent, and (2) to investigate the extent to which issues explored by
such traditions can contribute to the philosophy of consciousness. It is
supported by funding totaling $260,000 from the John Templeton Foundation

.



As part of the project, we will organize a paper incubator
: a systemized and sponsored
mentorship program designed to help junior and mid-career philosophers and
scholars of Indian studies to develop submitted papers proposals into
publishable articles. Each selected researcher will work in cooperation
with a tutor, who will help the candidate transform their text into a
high-quality publishable article. Each successful applicant will
receive a *grant
of 3,000 USD*. They will have 18 months to write their article, which must
be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. Each researcher must present their
work in at least one of our three conferences
 (a bonus of *1,000
USD* will
be given to those who attend the conference in person). The grant will be
awarded through bank transfer, on which bank and federal revenue fees may
apply.



Proposals must be written in English in the form of an extended abstract of
a maximum of 2,000 words, clearly describing (1) the problem that will be
addressed, (2) the context in which the problem has been approached
(preferably through a brief literary review), (3) the goal of the paper,
and (4) the way the proponent wants to achieve this goal. The proposal
should also contain (5) a list with the relevant bibliography. The general
intended approach must be consistent with analytic philosophy of religion.
Proposals must address some of the questions and general goals
 of the project.
Applicants must be PhD candidates, or have completed their PhD within a
maximum of 6 years. We welcome proposals both from philosophers and Indian
Studies scholars. The proposal must be sent along with a summarized CV of
the applicant to god.and.consciousn...@gmail.com by January 5, 2024. The
list of selected proposals will be posted on the website on January 15,
2024.


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[PEIRCE-L] All-Pervading Transcendent God: The Logic and Religion Webinar, Nov 16 (Thursday)

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ALL PERVADING TRANSCENDENT GOD: Omnipresence, Mereology, & Simplicity

Speaker: Aaron Cotnoir 
(University of St Andrews, UK)

Chair: Daniel Molto 
(University of Sussex, UK)

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Abstract: Mereological Harmony principles necessitate that any entity occupying 
a complex location must have parts located there. These principles can conflict 
with an omnipresent simple God. This paper lists potential sources of conflict, 
showing how most occupation-based accounts of omnipresence must reject Harmony. 
I then outline a new occupation-based theory that completely avoids such 
conflicts. The central idea --- motivated by divine transcendence and immensity 
-- is God's all-pervading transcendence: God is weakly located everywhere but 
lacks any exact or entire location in spacetime.





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[PEIRCE-L] Why doesn't Candomblé have a Problem of Evil? The Logic and Religion Webinar

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Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on October 19, 2023, at 4pm CET with the 
topic:

Why doesn't Candomblé have a Problem of Evil?
Speaker: José Eduardo Porcher (Pontifical Catholic 
University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Chair: Ricardo Silvestre (Federal 
University of Campina Grande, Brazil)

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Abstract: In this talk, I would like to do two things: first, to look at mythic 
narratives and try to pry from them a reasonably uncontroversial set of 
attributes of the Supreme Being of Yoruba-diasporic traditions and see if this 
explains the inexistence of the problem of evil in Candomblé; and second, by so 
doing, to call attention to how myths can enrich and be instrumental to the 
philosophy of religion—especially in contexts in which other sources are 
sparse. Moreover, I’d like to take this opportunity to exemplify that we can 
shed light on neglected traditions by trying to figure out why these problems 
are not raised within them—rather than trying to make a tradition fit the 
classical problems formulated by an overwhelmingly theistic (and more 
specifically, Christian) philosophy of religion.


Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,

--
Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary


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[PEIRCE-L] Contradiction in Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism: The Logic and Religion Webinar

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You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on August 17, 2023, at 4pm CET with the topic:

Contradiction in Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism
Speaker: Mohammad Jafar Jame Bozorgi (Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Iran)
Chair: Ali Sadegh Daghighi (Iranian Institute of Philosophy, Iran)

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Abstract: In their works, Graham Priest and Richard Routley try to show a kind 
of refusal to deny the contradiction and even display the truth of some of 
them. According to them, dialetheism is a reaction against philosophical 
systems whose goal has always been to build impenetrable and rigid forms and 
frameworks. But what is the opinion of Islamic philosophy? In Islamic 
philosophy and mysticism, especially in Ibn Arabi's mysticism and Mulla Sadra's 
philosophy, there are doctrines and theories that have caused some philosophers 
to suspect that they are contradictory. In this lecture, I will show that 
theories such as the Unity of Existence, the Plurality of Divine Names and 
Attributes, the Ontological Foundation of Existence, the Substantive Movement, 
etc., do not correspond to dialetheism. Although Mulla Sadra's theory of the 
Substantive Movement denies any fixed nature for the object, there is a great 
difference between the negation of the quiddity and the denial of the 
originality of the quiddity.

.

Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,

--
Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary

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[PEIRCE-L] DIALETHEISM AND THE INEFFABILITY OF GOD - GRAHAM PRIEST: The Logic and Religion Webinar

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You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on *July 6, 2023*, at *4pm CET* with
the topic:



*The Ultimate-Unspeakable Paradox and The Principle of Non-Contradiction*

Speaker: Bo Mou  (San José State
University, USA)

Chair: *Ricardo Silvestre
* (Federal
University of Campina Grande, Brazil)



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Abstract: Can we talk about the Ultimate (like the ultimate God or the
ultimate reality Dao) with its contradictory features in a consistent way
as guided by a refined principle of non-contradiction?  My goal in this
talk is to explain a refined principle of non-contradiction (PNC) from a
holistic “double-reference” vantage point. I also aim at capturing the
“double-reference” point of Lao Zi’s opening statements of the Dao-De-Jing
and the central point of Aristotle’s classical presentation of the PNC.
Dissolving the “Ultimate-unspeakable paradox”, the addressed refined PNC
can guide us to talk about real contradictions in the Ultimate in a
non-contradictory and insightful way. For a discussion of Lao Zi's relevant
ideas see chapter 6 of my 2018 book S*emantic-Truth Approaches in Chinese
Philosophy: A Unifying Pluralist Account
*.
For
the double-reference idea see section 3.2 of my paper *An enhanced account
of relative identity
*
.


With best wishes,

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The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] DIALETHEISM AND THE INEFFABILITY OF GOD - GRAHAM PRIEST: The Logic and Religion Webinar

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on June 15, 2023, at 4pm CET with the topic:

DIALETHEISM AND THE INEFFABILITY OF GOD
Speaker: Graham Priest (City 
University of New York, USA)
Chair: Agnieszka 
Rostalska (Ghent 
University, Belgium)

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Abstract: Many Christian philosophers have argued that God is ineffable. Of 
course, in arguing for this, they talk about God. So God cannot be ineffable. 
Call this the self-referential trap. One way out of the trap is to accept that 
God is both effable and ineffable. It might be thought that such a view is 
incoherent. But it can be shown to make perfectly good sense using the 
techniques of paraconsistent logic. In this talk, I will show how.
Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

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The University of Missouri-Columbia
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[PEIRCE-L] 2nd Call for Papers: 4th World Congress on Logic and Religion (4th WoCoLoR)

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2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
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4th World Congress on Logic and Religion (4th WoCoLoR)
Sinaia, Romania
September 3-8, 2023

- Deadline: June 17, 2023
- Submission of abstract: http://4wocolor.pl/#submission
- Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2023
- Website: http://4wocolor.pl/

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ABOUT THE WoCoLoR: The WoCoLoR  (World Congress on Logic and Religion) is  a 
series of events organized by LARA (Logic And Religion Association) 
(https://www.logicandreligion.com/lara). Previous keynote speakers include: 
Saul Kripke (Schock Prize), Laurent Lafforgue (Fields Medal), Michal Heller 
(Templeton Prize), Dov Gabbay, Jan Wolenski and Piergiorgio Odifreddi. The 
first edition was in João Pessoa (Brazil) in 2015, the second in Warsaw 
(Poland) in 2017, and the third in Varanasi (India) in 2022.

--
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS OF THE 4rd WoCoLoR:
- Richard Swinburne (University of Oxford, UK)
- Eleonore Stump (Saint Louis University, USA)
- Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest, Romania)
- Anne-Françoise Schmid (Mines Paris-Tech, France)
- Franziska Kohlt (University of Leeds, UK, and University of Southern 
California, USA)
- Douglas L. Berger (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
- Kordula Świętorzecka (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland)
- Matthias Kossler (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany)
- Miray Yazgan (Bahcesehir Cyprus University, Turkey)
- Antonios Kalogerakis (Orthodox Academy of Crete, Greece)

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SUBMISSION: We invite scholars (philosophers, logicians, mathematicians, 
theologians and others) to submit a one page abstract.The topics of the papers 
should deal with the relationships between logic and religion. Talks will be 
presented either in the general session or in one of the following workshops:

- Religious Symbolism and Symbolic Logic
- Logic of Reconciliation
- Applying Mathematics to Theology
- Concepts of God: Consistency, Inconsistency and Paraconsistency Issues
- Argumentation in World Religious Traditions, including Legal Traditions
- Religion, Logic and AI
- Religious Discourse and Argumentation
- Mythos and Logos: Schopenhauer and the relationship of philosophy and religion

Abstracts must have a maximum of 3000 characters and be written in English. 
They must be submitted by June 15, 2023, through the workshop site 
(http://4wocolor.pl/#submission). Notification of acceptance will be released 
on June 25, 2023. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for 
the congress.



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[PEIRCE-L] 2nd Call for Papers: Workshop on CONCEPTS OF GOD: CONSISTENCY, INCONSISTENCY AND PARACONSISTENCY ISSUES

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Workshop on CONCEPTS OF GOD: CONSISTENCY, INCONSISTENCY AND PARACONSISTENCY 
ISSUES
4th World Congress on Logic and Religion (4th WoCoLoR)
Sinaia, Romania
September 3-8, 2023

- Extended Deadline: June 17, 2023
- Submission of abstract: http://4wocolor.pl/#submission (or 
ricard...@ufcg.edu.br)
- Notification of acceptance: June 25, 2023

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SUBMISSION: The Workshop on CONCEPTS OF GOD: CONSISTENCY, INCONSISTENCY AND 
PARACONSISTENCY ISSUES will take place at Sinaia, Romania, in September, 2023, 
as part of the 4th World Congress on Logic and Religion (4th WoCoLoR):

https://www.logicandreligion.com/4th-world-congress
http://4wocolor.pl/

We invite submissions of contributed papers on general topics related to the 
theme including, but not restricted to:

- Individual and joint (in)consistency of divine attributes
- The role of consistency in the debate on the rationality of theistic belief
- Paraconsistent approaches to the concept of God
- Paradoxical accounts of God (and their solutions) in world religious 
traditions (e.g. the doctrine of Trinity in Cristianity, bhedabheda accounts in 
Indian religious traditions and God's essence and attributes in Islam)

Abstracts must have a maximum of 3000 characters and be written in English. 
They must be submitted by June 17, 2023, through the workshop site 
(http://4wocolor.pl/#submission) or the e-mail 
ricard...@ufcg.edu.br. Notification of acceptance 
will be released on June 25, 2023. At least one author of each accepted paper 
must register for the congress.

--
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Richard Swinburne (University of Oxford, UK)

--
PUBLICATIONS: Accepted abstracts will be published in the congress proceedings, 
which will be available during the congress. Accepted abstracts will be 
published in the congress proceedings, which will be available during the 
congress. After the conference authors will be invited to submit complete 
papers, which will be peer-reviewed and published in a special issue of Logica 
Universalis

https://www.springer.com/journal/11787

Peer-reviewed papers of previous WoCoLoRs appeared as special issues of Logica 
Universalis (Springer), Sophia (Springer) and the Journal of Applied Logics 
(College Publications):

https://www.logicandreligion.com/publications

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CHAIRS: Ricardo Sousa Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil), 
Alan Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK) and Abbas Ahsan (University 
of Birmingham, UK)
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Workshop on CONCEPTS OF GOD: CONSISTENCY, INCONSISTENCY AND PARACONSISTENCY 
ISSUES
4rd World Congress on Logic and Religion (4rd WoCoLoR)
Sinaia, Romania
September 3-8, 2023

- Deadline: May 31, 2023
- Submission of abstract: http://4wocolor.pl/#submission (or 
ricard...@ufcg.edu.br)
- Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2023

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SUBMISSION: The Workshop on CONCEPTS OF GOD: CONSISTENCY, INCONSISTENCY AND 
PARACONSISTENCY ISSUES will take place at Sinaia, Romania, in September, 2023, 
as part of the 4rd World Congress on Logic and Religion (4rd WoCoLoR):

https://www.logicandreligion.com/4th-world-congress
http://4wocolor.pl/

We invite submissions of contributed papers on general topics related to the 
theme including, but not restricted to:

- Individual and joint (in)consistency of divine attributes
- The role of consistency in the debate on the rationality of theistic belief
- Paraconsistent approaches to the concept of God
- Paradoxical accounts of God (and their solutions) in world religious 
traditions (e.g. the doctrine of Trinity in Cristianity, bhedabheda accounts in 
Indian religious traditions and God's essence and attributes in Islam)

Abstracts must have a maximum of 3000 characters and be written in English. 
They must be submitted by May 31, 2023, through the workshop site 
(http://4wocolor.pl/#submission) or the e-mail 
ricard...@ufcg.edu.br. Notification of acceptance 
will be released on June 20, 2023. At least one author of each accepted paper 
must register for the congress.

--
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Richard Swinburne (University of Oxford, UK)

--
PUBLICATIONS: Accepted abstracts will be published in the congress proceedings, 
which will be available during the congress. Accepted abstracts will be 
published in the congress proceedings, which will be available during the 
congress. After the conference authors will be invited to submit complete 
papers, which will be peer-reviewed and published in a special issue of Logica 
Universalis

https://www.springer.com/journal/11787

Peer-reviewed papers of previous WoCoLoRs appeared as special issues of Logica 
Universalis (Springer), Sophia (Springer) and the Journal of Applied Logics 
(College Publications):

https://www.logicandreligion.com/publications

--
CHAIRS: Ricardo Sousa Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil), 
Alan Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK) and Abbas Ahsan (University 
of Birmingham, UK)

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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4rd World Congress on Logic and Religion (4rd WoCoLoR)
Sinaia, Romania
September 3-8, 2023

- Deadline: May 31, 2023
- Submission of abstract: http://4wocolor.pl/#submission
- Notification of acceptance: June 20, 2023
- Website: http://4wocolor.pl/

--
ABOUT THE WoCoLoR: The WoCoLoR  (World Congress on Logic and Religion) is  a 
series of events organized by LARA (Logic And Religion Association) 
(https://www.logicandreligion.com/lara). Previous keynote speakers include: 
Saul Kripke (Schock Prize), Laurent Lafforgue (Fields Medal), Michal Heller 
(Templeton Prize), Dov Gabbay, Jan Wolenski and Piergiorgio Odifreddi. The 
first edition was in João Pessoa, Brazil, 2015, the second in Warsaw, Poland in 
2017, the third in Varanasi, India, in 2022.

--
SUBMISSION: We invite all the scholars (philosophers, logicians, 
mathematicians, theologians and others) to submit a one page abstract.The 
topics of the papers should deal with the relationships between logic and 
religion. Talks will be presented either in the general session or in one of 
the following workshops:
- Religious Symbolism and Symbolic Logic
- Logic of Reconciliation
- Applying Mathematics to Theology
- Concepts of God: Consistency, Inconsistency and Paraconsistency Issues
- Argumentation in World Religious Traditions, including Legal Traditions
- Religion, Logic and AI
- Religious Discourse, Reasoning and Proofs of Existence of God
- Mythos and Logos: Schopenhauer and the relationship of philosophy and religion

Abstracts must have a maximum of 3000 characters and be written in English. 
They must be submitted by May 31, 2023, through the workshop site 
(http://4wocolor.pl/#submission). Notification of acceptance will be released 
on June 20, 2023. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for 
the congress.


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[PEIRCE-L] THE ANATOMY OF GOD AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: Lessons from an African Perspective - The Logic and Religion Webinar, May 11

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Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on *May 11, 2023*, at *4pm CET* with
the topic:



*THE ANATOMY OF GOD AND THE PROBLEM OF EVIL: Lessons from an African
Perspective*

*Speaker*: Aribiah Attoe

(University
of Witwatersrand, South Africa)

*Chair*:  *Francisco de Assis Mariano
* (University
of Missouri-Columbia, USA)



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Abstract: In this talk, I will provide a new response to the problem of
evil from an African perspective. I will argue that the notion of a God
that is conscious and intentional is mistaken. This is because these
attributes are not based on any concrete information about the nature of
God, and so are simply misattributions. Thus, I will argue for a new notion
of God as a material and depersonalised entity, therefore redefining the
African limited God view. I will also show that “evil” is merely a category
of the mind. Finally, I will show how these ideas make the problem of evil
irrelevant.



Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,



Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] Indian Religions and the Concept of God: An Online Workshop, 13-14 Feb 2023, 9am CET (13 Feb only) and 3pm CET

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*INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD*

*An Online Workshop*

Feb 13, 9:00-10:30am CET and 3:00-4:30pm CET.

Feb 14, 3:00-4:30pm CET

https://www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god




The purpose of the online workshop *INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD* is
to explore Indian concepts of God from a global philosophical perspective.
Accepting that there are different conceptions of divinity among the Indian
religious and philosophical traditions, we might pose the following
questions: How can these concepts of God be philosophically characterized?
Are the Indian traditions’ concepts of God really monotheistic in the
Western sense of the term? Or are they closer to panentheism, henotheism or
polytheism? What divine properties do the traditions ascribe to their
respective divinity? What is their relationship with Western philosophical
accounts of God? Each speaker in the workshop will explore a concept of God
in one of the main Indian traditions or texts.

The workshop will be held on Zoom. There will be no fee for participation.
Registration however will be required (via
www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god).



The workshop is part of “A Philosophical Approach to the Vaiṣṇava Concept
of God,” a project funded by the John Templeton Foundation through the
Global Philosophy of Religion Project, hosted by the University of
Birmingham (https://www.global-philosophy.org).


*List of Talks:*

*Feb 13, 2023 (Monday) – 9am CET*

*09:00 am CET (Berlin) | midnight PST (Los Angeles) | 05:00 am UTC-3
(Brasília) | 08:00 am UTC (London) | 01:30 pm IST (New Delhi)*


Jessica Frazier (Oxford University, UK)

*Beyond Theism: Vedantic Images and Arguments for a God Beyond Being *


Bindu Puri (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

*Gandhi on God:Debating the purva paksa*


Ithamar Theodor (Zefat Academic College, Israel)

*Concept of God in the Bhagavad-gita: a Personalistic approach*



*Feb 13, 2023 (Monday) – 3pm CET*

*03:00 pm CET (Berlin) | 06:00 am PST (Los Angeles) | 11:00 am UTC-3
(Brasília) | 02:00 pm UTC (London) | 07:30 pm IST (New Delhi)*


Purushottama Bilimoria (Purushottama Centre for Indian Philosophy &
Culture, XX)

*Gods and Godless Divinity: polyphony of panenpsychic omniscience,
effervescent and hermaphrodite devatās, in Indian philosophy of religion*



Jonathan Edelmann (University of Florida, USA)

*Happiness and the Hierarchy of Being: Jīva Gosvāmin and Aquinas on the
Ultimate Goal*



Sthaneshwar Timalsina (San Diego State University, USA)

*God, Isvara and the Brahman*




*Feb 14, 2023 (Tuesday) – 3pm CET**03:00 pm CET (Berlin) | 06:00 am PST
(Los Angeles) | 11:00 am UTC-3 (Brasília) | 02:00 pm UTC (London) | 07:30
pm IST (New Delhi)*



David Lawrence (The University of North Dakota, USA)

*The Philosophical Concept of God in Late Nondual Kashmiri Śaivism*



Christopher Chapple (Loyola Marymount University, USA)

*Panentheism in the Bhagavad Gita*


Alan Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK)

*Characterising the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Concept of God as the Possessor of
Śaktis*



*Organizational Committee:*

·  Alan Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK)

·  Ricardo Sousa Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)

·  Gabriel Reis de Oliveira (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande
do Sul, Brazil)
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[PEIRCE-L] Two Types of the Critique of Religion: The Logic and Religion Webinar, January 12 - SPECIAL SESSION IN CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD LOGIC DAY 2023

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on January 12, 2023, at 4pm CET with the 
topic:

TWO TYPES OF CRITIQUE OF RELIGION
Speaker: Dieter Birnbacher  (University of 
Düsseldorf, Germany)
Chair: Jens Lemanski 
 
(University of Hagen, Germany)

Please, register in advance to receive the zoom link:
https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars

Abstract: The talk distinguishes three main directions in the philosophical 
criticism of religion and  exemplifies them by the critique of religion 
contained in Schopenhauer’s Dialogue on religion: the inherent inability of 
religions to reveal the mythical nature of the objects of religious worship; 
the authoritarian nature of observing religious prescriptions; the allegation 
that religion produces more evil than good. On the last point, however, 
Schopenhauer is ambivalent: religion, to him, is the “philosophy of the masses” 
containing more than a grain of truth but in a form adapted to their seemingly 
limited intellectual capacities.


Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,


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The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] The Two Natures of Christ: The Logic and Religion Webinar, December 15

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on December 15, 2022, at 4pm CET with the 
topic:

THE TWO NATURES OF CHRIST

Speaker: Eleonore Stump (Saint 
Louis University, USA)

Chair: Michal Pawlowski 
(University of Warsaw, Poland)

Please, register in advance to receive the zoom link:
https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars

Abstract: The doctrine of the Incarnation is central to Christianity but it 
seems self-inconsistent in virtue of attributing contradictory properties to 
one and the same thing. I explore the notion of reduplicative propositions and 
the concept of borrowed properties to examine this puzzle, and I argue on this 
basis that the doctrine is coherent.

Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,

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[PEIRCE-L] Special Issue on INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD: Last Call for Papers

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

  --- Last Call for Papers ---

*INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD*
Special Issue of SOPHIA: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions
Guest editors: Ricardo Silvestre, Alan Herbert and Purushottama Bilimoria

*Deadline for Submission:* November 30, 2022

https://www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god

-

Although Western philosophy of religion has developed many useful
exegetical and philosophical tools for evaluating Abrahamitic conceptions
of God as they apply to respective philosophical traditions, there is a
growing awareness that such monotheistic Western approaches might conceal
and prohibit a culturally sensitive and philosophically adequate
appreciation of the numerous concepts of God found in religious traditions
outside of the Western hemisphere. This awareness, which is part of the
motivation beyond what is known as cross-cultural philosophy of religion,
encompasses both the need for and the encouragement of new dialogues
between Western philosophy of religion and non-Western traditions as a
means to foster a deeper mutual understanding of the variety of concepts of
God or the divine developed in the history of humankind.

Divinity in some Indian religions, such as *Vaiṣṇavism*, *Śaivism* and
*Śaktism*, is often conceived monotheistically, as a supreme OmniGod (much
like Western accounts of God.) Despite the evidence supporting this, these
Indian concepts of God exhibit certain peculiarities that threaten the idea
of their being monotheistic (or even theistic, one might say.) For
instance, they manifest a plurality of divine forms, referred to as devatās
and avatāras (divinely incarnations), they subsequently assimilate or
incorporate other divinities in the Hindu pantheon and continue to exist in
ambiguous relationships with them (an example being those between Viṣṇu,
Śiva, Brahmā, and the Goddess), they are united with ordinary living beings
in various ways, and they sometimes possess (exude?) ultimately impersonal
or abstract nature. Moreover, in the Indian subcontinent, theistic
traditions have resided alongside those that are decidedly non-theistic
(for instance, Jain, Buddhist, and naturalist traditions), or
non-theistically inclined (such as Nyāya and perhaps Yoga within Hinduism),
and possibly a[mono]theistic (as in the Cārvāka and Mīmāṁsā schools) –
although concepts of divinity in all these traditions are up for debate.
Given all of this, we might ask: are Indian theistic traditions really
monotheistic? Or, to put it in conceptual terms, is their concept of God a
monotheistic one? Or, is their concept of divinity theistic at all?

Accepting that there are different conceptions of divinity among the Indian
religious and philosophical traditions, we are then behoved to pose this
question: *how can these concepts of God be philosophically
characterized?* What
divine properties does any given tradition ascribe to its divinity? Can
this divinity be described in a consistent way? Or is it a contradictory
concept? If the concept is contradictory, how would this affect its
intelligibility? Does any of those concepts of God have some advantage over
traditional philosophical accounts of God? How do they relate to well-known
accounts of God, such as those of classical theism, pantheism, panentheism,
process theism, open theism, etc.? And what are the difficulties peculiar
to these Indian concepts of God?

This special issue of Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and
Traditions (https://www.springer.com/journal/11841) will address these
questions and approach the concept of God in Indian religions from a
contemporary philosophical perspective. We invite submissions of papers on
general philosophical topics related to Indian religions and the concept of
God, including but not restricted to the following themes:

- God in Indian religious traditions.
- Divine attributes and Indian concepts of divinity.
- Indian concepts of divinity vs. western concepts of God.
- Atheistic or agnostic arguments against the coherence of Indian concepts
of God.
- Vaiṣṇavism/Śaivism/Śaktism: monotheistic, panentheistic or what?
- Language and God in Indian traditions.
- Divinity and Hindu deities.
- Relation of the divine with the world: creation and
difference/non-difference.
- Consciousness and Indian concepts of divinity: cosmopsyshism,
panenpsychism or what?

Papers should be submitted through Sophia’s Editorial Manager (
https://www.springer.com/journal/11841/submission-guidelines) specifying
that they are being submitted to the special issue on Indian Religions and
the Concept of God, and obey Sophia's submission guidelines. Submitted
papers will go through a double-blind peer-review process. The deadline for
submission is November 30, 2022.

The special issue will be guest-edited by Ricardo Silvestre, Alan Herbert
and Purushottama Bilimoria. It is scheduled to be 

[PEIRCE-L] Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Beliefs: The Logic and Religion Webinar, October 13

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on October 13, 2022, at 4pm CET with the 
topic:

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Beliefs.
Speakers: Sara Lumbreras Sancho 
(Comillas Pontifical University, Spain) and Mark 
Graves (Center for Theology and 
Natural Science, USA).
Chair: Andrea Vestrucci 
 (University of 
Bamberg, Germany, and Starr King School, USA)

Please register in advance!
https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars


Abstract: This webinar will explore the connections between Artificial 
Intelligence (AI), ethics, beliefs and spirituality. Sara Lumbreras will focus 
on the differences between human belief as described in the Creditions model 
proposed by Angel & Seiz, and current AI systems, rather than the ones 
anticipated by transhumanist authors such as Kurzweil. These differences lead 
to some AI models being more ethical than others and thus for an ethical basis 
to build a better AI. Mark Graves will explore his recent work on AI 
morality
 and spirituality. He 
draws upon systems theory and Josiah Royce's pragmatic philosophy to describe a 
structure for AI models compatible with human moral psychology and spirituality.


Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,


--
Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
l...@logicandreligion.com

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[PEIRCE-L] Special Issue on INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD: 2nd Call for Papers

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

--- 2nd Call for Papers ---

*INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD*
Special Issue of SOPHIA: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions
Guest editors: Ricardo Silvestre, Alan Herbert and Purushottama Bilimoria

*Deadline for Submission:* November 30, 2022

https://www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god

-

Although Western philosophy of religion has developed many useful
exegetical and philosophical tools for evaluating Abrahamitic conceptions
of God as they apply to respective philosophical traditions, there is a
growing awareness that such monotheistic Western approaches might conceal
and prohibit a culturally sensitive and philosophically adequate
appreciation of the numerous concepts of God found in religious traditions
outside of the Western hemisphere. This awareness, which is part of the
motivation beyond what is known as cross-cultural philosophy of religion,
encompasses both the need for and the encouragement of new dialogues
between Western philosophy of religion and non-Western traditions as a
means to foster a deeper mutual understanding of the variety of concepts of
God or the divine developed in the history of humankind.

Divinity in some Indian religions, such as *Vaiṣṇavism*, *Śaivism* and
*Śaktism*, is often conceived monotheistically, as a supreme OmniGod (much
like Western accounts of God.) Despite the evidence supporting this, these
Indian concepts of God exhibit certain peculiarities that threaten the idea
of their being monotheistic (or even theistic, one might say.) For
instance, they manifest a plurality of divine forms, referred to as devatās
and avatāras (divinely incarnations), they subsequently assimilate or
incorporate other divinities in the Hindu pantheon and continue to exist in
ambiguous relationships with them (an example being those between Viṣṇu,
Śiva, Brahmā, and the Goddess), they are united with ordinary living beings
in various ways, and they sometimes possess (exude?) ultimately impersonal
or abstract nature. Moreover, in the Indian subcontinent, theistic
traditions have resided alongside those that are decidedly non-theistic
(for instance, Jain, Buddhist, and naturalist traditions), or
non-theistically inclined (such as Nyāya and perhaps Yoga within Hinduism),
and possibly a[mono]theistic (as in the Cārvāka and Mīmāṁsā schools) –
although concepts of divinity in all these traditions are up for debate.
Given all of this, we might ask: are Indian theistic traditions really
monotheistic? Or, to put it in conceptual terms, is their concept of God a
monotheistic one? Or, is their concept of divinity theistic at all?

Accepting that there are different conceptions of divinity among the Indian
religious and philosophical traditions, we are then behoved to pose this
question: *how can these concepts of God be philosophically characterized?*
What divine properties does any given tradition ascribe to its divinity?
Can this divinity be described in a consistent way? Or is it a
contradictory concept? If the concept is contradictory, how would this
affect its intelligibility? Does any of those concepts of God have some
advantage over traditional philosophical accounts of God? How do they
relate to well-known accounts of God, such as those of classical theism,
pantheism, panentheism, process theism, open theism, etc.? And what are the
difficulties peculiar to these Indian concepts of God?

This special issue of Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and
Traditions (https://www.springer.com/journal/11841) will address these
questions and approach the concept of God in Indian religions from a
contemporary philosophical perspective. We invite submissions of papers on
general philosophical topics related to Indian religions and the concept of
God, including but not restricted to the following themes:

- God in Indian religious traditions.
- Divine attributes and Indian concepts of divinity.
- Indian concepts of divinity vs. western concepts of God.
- Atheistic or agnostic arguments against the coherence of Indian concepts
of God.
- Vaiṣṇavism/Śaivism/Śaktism: monotheistic, panentheistic or what?
- Language and God in Indian traditions.
- Divinity and Hindu deities.
- Relation of the divine with the world: creation and
difference/non-difference.
- Consciousness and Indian concepts of divinity: cosmopsyshism,
panenpsychism or what?

Papers should be submitted through Sophia’s Editorial Manager (
https://www.springer.com/journal/11841/submission-guidelines) specifying
that they are being submitted to the special issue on Indian Religions and
the Concept of God, and obey Sophia's submission guidelines. Submitted
papers will go through a double-blind peer-review process. The deadline for
submission is November 30, 2022.

The special issue will be guest-edited by Ricardo Silvestre, Alan Herbert
and Purushottama Bilimoria. It is scheduled to be 

[PEIRCE-L] Scriptural Reasoning on Language and Ultimate Truth in an Indian Religious Tradition: The Logic and Religion Webinar, September 15

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

 Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on September 15, 2022, at 4pm CET with the 
topic:

Scriptural Reasoning on Language and Ultimate Truth in an Indian Religious 
Tradition.
Speaker:  Kenneth R. Valpey (Oxford Centre for 
Hindu Studies, UK).
Chair: Dragana Jagušić 
(University of Rijeka, Croatia)

Please register in advance!
https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars

Abstract: Conventional wisdom has it that language must ever fall short of 
adequately expressing Ultimate Truth. Further, if the attempt is made to 
describe Ultimate Truth in theistic terms, this simply confirms language’s 
limits. Not so, claims the Vaishnava Hindu scripture, the Bhagavata Purana. In 
this presentation I will sketch some ways the text makes its argument for 
theistic ultimacy with language holding a key function in such realization. How 
persuasive the Bhagavata’s argument can be regarded will depend—the text itself 
suggests—on one’s predisposition to accept or not accept it ... and on divine 
grace.


Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,


--
Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
l...@logicandreligion.com

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[PEIRCE-L] Logic and Religion, World Congress, Varanasi, Nov 4-8 - Deadline approaching: Sept 15

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

 November 4-8, 2022 will take place in Varanasi, India,
the 3rd edition of the World Congress on Logic and Religion (3rd WoCoLoR)
https://www.logicandreligion.com/3rd-world-congress
Among keynote speakers of past editions:
Saul Kripke (Schock Prize), Michal Heller (Templeton Prize), Laurent Lafforgue 
(Fields Medal), Dov Gabbay, Richard Swinburne, Jan Wolenski

 CALL FOR PAPERS 

We invite submissions of contributed papers on general topics related to Logic 
and Religion, including but not restricted to:
- Arguments for and against God’s existence
- Logic and the concept of God
- Science and religion
- Rationality and religious belief
- Argumentation and reason in world religious traditions
- Justification in religious legal traditions
- Non-classical logics and religion
- Religion and history of logic
Abstracts must have a maximum of 600 words and be written in English according 
to our template; they must be submitted via Easychair by Sept 15, 2022.
Notification of acceptance will be released on Sept 22 2022.
At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the congress.
EasyChair: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3rdwocolor2022

 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

- Purushottama Bilimoria, Ashoka University (India)
- Sachchidanand Mishra, Banaras Hindu University (India)
- Wolfgang Lenzen, University of Osnabrueck (Germany)
- Ephraim Meir, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
- Ngawang Samten, Central University for Tibetan Studies (India)
- Piergiorgio Odifreddi, University of Turin (Italy)
- Stephen Priest, Oxford University (UK)
- Miray Yazgan, Istanbul University (Turkey)
- Brandon Rickabaugh Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida (USA)
- Umashankar Vyas, Nava Nalanda Mahavihara University (India)
- Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton (UK)

 PUBLICATIONS 
Accepted abstracts will be published in the congress proceedings, which will be 
available during the congress. After the meeting authors will be invited to 
submit a complete version of their works, which will be peer-reviewed and 
published in a book and/or special issues of journals with publishers of 
international recognition.
Peer-reviewed papers of previous WoCoLoR’s appeared as special issues of Logica 
Universalis (Springer), Sophia (Springer) and the Journal of Applied Logics 
(College Publications).
https://www.logicandreligion.com/publications

 WORKSHOPS 
The following workshops will happen within  WoCoLoR 2022:
- Consciousness and the Self
- Formal Natural Theology
- Judaism, Christianity and Logic
- Logic and Religion in Schopenhauer
- Mathematics and Religion
- Catuskoti and Sunyata
- Logic of Paradise
https://www.logicandreligion.com/workshops


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The University of Missouri-Columbia
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[PEIRCE-L] Mathematical Models in Theology. Are They Helpful? The Logic and Religion Webinar, August 18

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on August 18, 2022, at 4pm CET with the topic:

Mathematical Models in Theology: Are They Helpful?
Speaker Stanisław 
Krajewski (University 
of Warsaw, Poland).
Chair: Ali Sadegh Daghighi (Institute for 
Interdisciplinary Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran).

 Please register in advance!
https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars

Abstract: We will begin by reviewing some mathematical illustrations of 
religious concepts, both old, for example by Cusanus, and a few new 
mathematical models in theology. The problem is how helpful they are. They can 
illustrate ideas, but remain metaphorical pictures assisting our imagination 
and attempts to deal with paradoxical situations. The deeper problem is whether 
they can model divine realms in a way that would suggest new insights as it is 
possible in the case of math models in natural sciences.


Join us 5 minutes prior to the beginning of the session!

With best wishes,


--
Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
l...@logicandreligion.com


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[PEIRCE-L] Workshop on CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE SELF - Deadline approaching

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

 Please circulate widely. Apologies for multiple emails.

--
CALL FOR PAPERS
--
Workshop on CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE SELF
3rd World Congress on Logic and Religion (3rd WoCoLoR)
Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (Varanasi, India)
November 4-8, 2022

- Deadline: July 31, 2022
- Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3rdwocolor2022
- Website: https://www.logicandreligion.com/workshops
- Notification of acceptance: August 10

--
SUBMISSION
--
The Workshop on "Consciousness and the Self" will take place at the Banaras 
Hindu University in November, 2022, as part of the 3rd World Congress on 
Religion and Religion (3rd WoCoLoR):

https://www.logicandreligion.com/3rd-world-congress
https://www.logicandreligion.com/workshops

We invite submissions of contributed papers on general topics related to 
Consciousness and the Self including but not restricted to:

- Physicalistic accounts of consciousness and the self
- Substance dualism and dualistic approaches to consciousness
- Pansychistic and cosmopsychistic approaches to consciousness and the self
- The concept of soul in philosophical and world religious traditions
- Theories of consciousness vs. theories of God (e.g. panentheism vs. 
panshychism)

Abstracts must have a maximum of 600 words and be written in English according 
to our template; they must be submitted via Easychair by July 31 (note that 
prior registration with EasyChair is required). Notification of acceptance will 
be released on August 15, 2020. In the submission, one of the keywords must be 
"Consciousness and the Self". At least one author of each accepted paper must 
register for the congress.

- Template: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aly_kn8Z18oti9heH7UVP27LkTzqXQ?e=nKgVQm
- EasyChair Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3rdwocolor2022

--
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
--
- Stephen Priest, Oxford University (UK)

--
PUBLICATIONS
--
Accepted abstractions will be published in the congress proceedings, which will 
be available during the congress. After the meeting authors will be invited to 
submit a complete version of their works, which will be peer-reviewed and 
published in a book and/or special issues of journals with publishers of 
international recognition.

Peer-reviewed papers of previous WoCoLoR’s appeared as special issues of Logica 
Universalis (Springer), Sophia (Springer) and the Journal of Applied Logics 
(College Publications):

https://www.logicandreligion.com/publications

--
CHAIR
--
- Ricardo Sousa Silvestre, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil

--
SPONSORSHIP
--
The workshop "Consciousness and the Self" is being sponsored by the 
Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Studies

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Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] Logic and Religion, World Congress, Varanasi, Nov 4-8 - Deadline approaching: July 31st

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

November 4-8, 2022 will take place in Varanasi, India,
the 3rd edition of the World Congress on Logic and Religion (3rd WoCoLoR)
https://www.logicandreligion.com/3rd-world-congress
Among keynote speakers of past editions:
Saul Kripke (Schock Prize), Michal Heller (Templeton Prize), Laurent Laforgue 
(Fields Medal), Dov Gabbay, Richard Swinburne, Jan Wolenski

 CALL FOR PAPERS 

We invite submissions of contributed papers on general topics related to Logic 
and Religion, including but not restricted to:
- Arguments for and against God’s existence
- Logic and the concept of God
- Science and religion
- Rationality and religious belief
- Argumentation and reason in world religious traditions
- Justification in religious legal traditions
- Non-classical logics and religion
- Religion and history of logic
Abstracts must have a maximum of 600 words and be written in English according 
to our template; they must be submitted via Easychair by July 31, 2022 (note 
that prior registration with EasyChair is required). Notification of acceptance 
will be released on August 15 2022. At least one author of each accepted paper 
must register for the congress.
EasyChair: 
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3rdwocolor2022

 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

- Purushottama Bilimoria, Ashoka University (India)
- Joseph Dauben, CUNY (USA)
- Ali Sadegh Daghighi, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (Iran)
- Jerome (Yehuda) Gellman,  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)
- Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton (UK)
- Wolfgang Lenzen, University of Osnabrueck (Germany)
- Ephraim Meir, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
- Bo Mou, San Jose State University (USA)
- Piergiorgio Odifreddi, University of Turin (Italy)
- Itala D'Ottaviano, University of Campinas (Brazil)
- Stephen Priest, Oxford University (UK)
- Miray Yazgan, Istanbul University (Turkey)
- Andrew Pinsent, Oxford University (UK)

 PUBLICATIONS 
Accepted abstracts will be published in the congress proceedings, which will be 
available during the congress. After the meeting authors will be invited to 
submit a complete version of their works, which will be peer-reviewed and 
published in a book and/or special issues of journals with publishers of 
international recognition.
Peer-reviewed papers of previous WoCoLoR’s appeared as special issues of Logica 
Universalis (Springer), Sophia (Springer) and the Journal of Applied Logics 
(College Publications).
https://www.logicandreligion.com/publications

 WORKSHOPS 
The following workshops will happen within  WoCoLoR 2022:
- Consciousness and the Self
- Formal Natural Theology
- Judaism, Christianity and Logic
- Logic and Religion in Schopenhauer
- Mathematics and Religion
- Logic of Paradise
https://www.logicandreligion.com/workshops


--
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[PEIRCE-L] Special Issue on INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD: 1st Call for Papers

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--- 1st Call for Papers ---

*INDIAN RELIGIONS AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD*
Special Issue of Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and Traditions
*Deadline for Submission*: November 30, 2022
https://www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god

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Although Western philosophy of religion has developed many useful
exegetical and philosophical tools for evaluating Abrahamitic conceptions
of God as they apply to respective philosophical traditions, there is a
growing awareness that such monotheistic Western approaches might conceal
and prohibit a culturally sensitive and philosophically adequate
appreciation of the numerous concepts of God found in religious traditions
outside of the Western hemisphere. This awareness, which is part of the
motivation beyond what is known as cross-cultural philosophy of religion,
encompasses both the need for and the encouragement of new dialogues
between Western philosophy of religion and non-Western traditions as a
means to foster a deeper mutual understanding of the variety of concepts of
God or the divine developed in the history of humankind.

Divinity in some Indian religions, such as *Vaiṣṇavism*, *Śaivism* and
*Śaktism*, is often conceived monotheistically, as a supreme OmniGod (much
like Western accounts of God.) Despite the evidence supporting this, these
Indian concepts of God exhibit certain peculiarities that threaten the idea
of their being monotheistic (or even theistic, one might say.) For
instance, they manifest a plurality of divine forms, referred to as devatās
and avatāras (divinely incarnations), they subsequently assimilate or
incorporate other divinities in the Hindu pantheon and continue to exist in
ambiguous relationships with them (an example being those between Viṣṇu,
Śiva, Brahmā, and the Goddess), they are united with ordinary living beings
in various ways, and they sometimes possess (exude?) ultimately impersonal
or abstract nature. Moreover, in the Indian subcontinent, theistic
traditions have resided alongside those that are decidedly non-theistic
(for instance, Jain, Buddhist, and naturalist traditions), or
non-theistically inclined (such as Nyāya and perhaps Yoga within Hinduism),
and possibly a[mono]theistic (as in the Cārvāka and Mīmāṁsā schools) –
although concepts of divinity in all these traditions are up for debate.
Given all of this, we might ask: are Indian theistic traditions really
monotheistic? Or, to put it in conceptual terms, is their concept of God a
monotheistic one? Or, is their concept of divinity theistic at all?

Accepting that there are different conceptions of divinity among the Indian
religious and philosophical traditions, we are then behoved to pose this
question: *how can these concepts of God be philosophically
characterized?* What
divine properties does any given tradition ascribe to its divinity? Can
this divinity be described in a consistent way? Or is it a contradictory
concept? If the concept is contradictory, how would this affect its
intelligibility? Does any of those concepts of God have some advantage over
traditional philosophical accounts of God? How do they relate to well-known
accounts of God, such as those of classical theism, pantheism, panentheism,
process theism, open theism, etc.? And what are the difficulties peculiar
to these Indian concepts of God?

This special issue of Sophia: International Journal of Philosophy and
Traditions (https://www.springer.com/journal/11841) will address these
questions and approach the concept of God in Indian religions from a
contemporary philosophical perspective. We invite submissions of papers on
general philosophical topics related to Indian religions and the concept of
God, including but not restricted to the following themes:

- God in Indian religious traditions.
- Divine attributes and Indian concepts of divinity.
- Indian concepts of divinity vs. western concepts of God.
- Atheistic or agnostic arguments against the coherence of Indian concepts
of God.
- Vaiṣṇavism/Śaivism/Śaktism: monotheistic, panentheistic or what?
- Language and God in Indian traditions.
- Divinity and Hindu deities.
- Relation of the divine with the world: creation and
difference/non-difference.
- Consciousness and Indian concepts of divinity: cosmopsyshism,
panenpsychism or what?

Papers should be submitted through Sophia’s Editorial Manager (
https://www.editorialmanager.com/soph/default1.aspx) specifying that they
are being submitted to the special issue on Indian Religions and the
Concept of God, and obey Sophia's submission guidelines (
https://www.springer.com/journal/11841/submission-guidelines). Submitted
papers will go through a double-blind peer-review process. The deadline for
submission is November 30, 2022.
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[PEIRCE-L] World Congress on Logic and Religion, Varanasi, India, Deadline July 31st

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November 4-8, 2022 will take place in Varanasi, India,
the 3rd edition of the World Congress on Logic and Religion (3rd WoCoLoR)
https://www.logicandreligion.com/3rd-world-congress
Among keynote speakers of past editions:
Saul Kripke (Schock Prize), Michal Heller (Templeton Prize), Laurent Lafforgue 
(Fields Medal), Dov Gabbay, Richard Swinburne, Jan Wolenski

 CALL FOR PAPERS 

We invite submissions of contributed papers on general topics related to Logic 
and Religion, including but not restricted to:
- Arguments for and against God’s existence
- Logic and the concept of God
- Science and religion
- Rationality and religious belief
- Argumentation and reason in world religious traditions
- Justification in religious legal traditions
- Non-classical logics and religion
- Religion and history of logic
Abstracts must have a maximum of 600 words and be written in English according 
to our template; they must be submitted via Easychair by July 31, 2022 (note 
that prior registration with EasyChair is required). Notification of acceptance 
will be released on August 15 2022. At least one author of each accepted paper 
must register for the congress.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=3rdwocolor2022

 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 

- Purushottama Bilimoria, Ashoka University (India)
- Joseph Dauben, CUNY (USA)
- Ali Sadegh Daghighi, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (Iran)
- Jerome (Yehuda) Gellman,  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)
- Christopher Janaway, University of Southampton (UK)
- Wolfgang Lenzen, University of Osnabrueck (Germany)
- Ephraim Meir, Bar-Ilan University (Israel)
- Bo Mou, San Jose State University (USA)
- Piergiorgio Odifreddi, University of Turin (Italy)
- Itala D'Ottaviano, University of Campinas (Brazil)
- Stephen Priest, Oxford University (UK)
- Miray Yazgan, Istanbul University (Turkey)
- Andrew Pinsent, Oxford University (UK)

 PUBLICATIONS 
Accepted abstracts will be published in the congress proceedings, which will be 
available during the congress. After the meeting authors will be invited to 
submit a complete version of their works, which will be peer-reviewed and 
published in a book and/or special issues of journals with publishers of 
international recognition.
Peer-reviewed papers of previous WoCoLoR’s appeared as special issues of Logica 
Universalis (Springer), Sophia (Springer) and the Journal of Applied Logics 
(College Publications).
https://www.logicandreligion.com/publications

 WORKSHOPS 
The following workshops will happen within  WoCoLoR 2022:
- Consciousness, Post-materialism in Science and the Soul
- Formal Natural Theology
- Judaism, Christianity and Logic
- Logic and Religion in Schopenhauer
- Logical Pluralism vs. Logical Revision
- Mathematics and Religion
- Logic of Paradise
https://www.logicandreligion.com/workshops

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[PEIRCE-L] Parables and Brains: The Logic and Religion Webinar, July 7

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Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on *July 7, 2022*, at *4pm CET* with
the topic:



*PARABLES AND BRAINS*

*Speaker*: Andrew Pinsent
 (The
University of Oxford, UK).

*Chair*: *Fábio Bertato
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(UNICAMP,
Brazil).



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Abstract: Why did Jesus teach so much in parables? These parables usually
have clear explanations but why not simply teach the explanations, given
the risk of misinterpretation? In this presentation, I share new insights
from neuroscience that have highlighted the ancient distinction between
knowledge and understanding (intellectus/nous), a distinction that is at
the heart of so many challenges to Artificial Intelligence. I further argue
that understanding is communicated in a privileged manner by means of
metaphor and narrative. On this account, parables are not merely convenient
but may be indispensable for offering the understanding upon which
knowledge and wisdom are based.





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[PEIRCE-L] Ibn Sina and Bolzano: Two Contingent Arguments. The Logic and Religion Webinar, Jun 9

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You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on *Jun 9, 2022*, at *4pm CET* with
the topic:



*IBN SINA & BOLZANO: TWO CONTINGENT ARGUMENTS*

*Speaker*: *Kordula Świętorzecka
* (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński
University in Warsaw, Poland) and Michał Pawłowski and Bartosz Wesół
(University of Warsaw, Poland).

*Chair*: *Marcin Trepczyński * (University
of Warsaw, Poland).





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Abstract: In 2014, Petr Dvořák put forward a hypothesis about structural
convergence of two cosmological arguments: by Avicenna and Bolzano. Indeed,
both arguments are based on the notion of the whole (totum) of all
contingent/conditioned individuals, different from the notion of the
classical set containing them. However, the authors differ in their
attitude to the impossibility of regress ad infinitum. Our goal is to
reconstruct Avicenna's argument on the basis of modern unitary theory of
sets and individuals and compare this reconstruction with the Bolzano’s
argument already expressed in the same formal frame. The lecture will be
followed by the talk "God and Timeless Cognition", by Michał Pawłowski and
Bartosz Wesół, the winners of the second Kurt Gödel Award 2021.





With best wishes,



Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] God and Vaiṣṇavism: An Online Workshop, 23-26 May 2022, 3pm CEST

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*God and Vaiṣṇavism*

An Online Workshop

23-26 May 2022. 3.00-5.30pm CEST

www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god



Although Western philosophy of religion has developed many useful
exegetical and philosophical tools for evaluating Abrahamitic conceptions
of God as they apply to respective philosophical traditions, there is a
growing awareness that such monotheistic Western approaches might conceal
and prohibit a culturally sensitive and philosophically adequate
appreciation of the numerous concepts of God found in religious traditions
outside of the Western hemisphere. Vaiṣṇavism is commonly referred to as
one of the great Hindu monotheistic traditions. Besides often being
considered monotheistic, the concept of God in Vaiṣṇavism is also
frequently depicted in terms of divine attributes, which are traditionally
associated with a set of approaches philosophers nowadays describe as
classical theism and perfect being theology.



The purpose of the online *workshop God and Vaiṣṇavism* is to locate the
Vaiṣṇava concept of God within a global philosophical framework. Each
speaker in the workshop will explore a concept of God in one of the main
Vaiṣṇava traditions or texts. The main question to be asked is: What is the
Vaiṣṇava concept of God? Or more specifically: *What attributes does God
possess according to particular textual sources and traditions in
Vaiṣṇavism?*



The workshop will be held on Zoom. There will be no fee for participation.
*Registration* however will be required. Please register on the site:
https://www.logicandreligion.com/vaishnava-concept-of-god



The workshop is part of “*A Philosophical Approach to the Vaiṣṇava Concept
of God*,” a project funded by the John Templeton Foundation through the
Global Philosophy of Religion Project (hosted by the University of
Birmingham). The project is hosted by the Brazilian Association for the
Philosophy of Religion in collaboration with the *Logic and Religion
Association* (LARA).



*List of Talks:*

   1. Varieties of Theism, Benedikt Göcke (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany)
   2. Thinking about God, Graham Oppy (Monash University, Australia)
   3. Philosophical Issues with the Concept of God, Rebecca Chan (San José
   State University, USA)
   4. The Concept of God in the Bhavagad Gītā: A Panentheistic Account,
   Ricardo Silvestre (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil) and Alan
   Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK)
   5. Form and Beauty: God in the Bhagavata Purāṇa, Edwin Francis Bryant
   (Rutgers University, USA)
   6. Reflections on Pāñcarātra Conceptions of Deity, Gavin Flood
   (University of Oxford, UK)
   7. Expounding God’s Singularity in the Mahābhārata Epic, Angelika
   Malinar (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
   8. The Āḻvār concept of God: A Look at Toṇṭaraṭippoṭi Āḻvār's and
   Maturakavi Āḻvār's Objects of Worship, Suganya Anandakichenin (University
   of Hamburg, Germany)
   9. The Concept of God in Madhva’s Tatva-vada, Shrinivasa Varakhedi
   (Central Sanskrit University, India) and Srinivasa Kumar Acharya (Manipal
   Academy of Higher Education, India)
   10. Non-theism and Theism in the Nimbārka Sampradāya, Vijay Ramnarace
   (Georgetown University, USA)
   11. God in Puṣṭimārga, Frederick M. Smith (University of Iowa, USA)
   12. A Polyvalent Concept of God in the Caitanya Vaiṣṇava Tradition, Alan
   Herbert (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK) and Ricardo Silvestre
   (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)
   13. Harmonizing the Personal God with the Impersonal Brahman: Situating
   Sri Ramakrishna vis-à-vis Vaiṣṇava Vedānta Traditions, Swami Medhananda
   (Ramakrishna Institute of Moral and Spiritual Education, India)
   14. God as the Supreme Teacher: Swami Prabhupada’s Modern Gauḍīya
   Vaiṣṇava Mission to Reveal ‘The Supreme Personality of Godhead’, Kenneth R.
   Valpey (Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, UK)
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[PEIRCE-L] Studying Ontological Arguments with Computers: The Logic and Religion Webinar, May 12

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You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on May 12, 2022, at 4:00 pm CET
with the topic:



Studying Ontological Arguments with Computers

*Speaker*: Christoph Benzmueller
 (University
of Bamberg & FU Berlin)

*Chair*:  Andrea Vestrucci
 (Graduate
Theological Union, USA)



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Abstract: Several emendations of Gödel's modal ontological argument have
been proposed persevering the intended conclusion of God's necessary
existence while avoiding the problem of modal collapse, which expresses
that there are no contingent truths (everything is determined, there is no
free will). In this webinar, we summarize recent computer-supported
verification studies on some of these modern variants of the ontological
argument. Our purpose is to provide further evidence that the interaction
with computer technology can not only enable the formal assessment of
ontological arguments but can, in fact, help to sharpen our conceptual
understanding of the notions and concepts involved.





With best wishes,

Francisco de Assis Mariano

The University of Missouri-Columbia

LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] Theist and Atheist Arguments in Indian Philosophy: The Logic and Religion Webinar, April 14

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You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on April 14, 2022, at 4pm CET
with the topic:



Theist and Atheist Arguments in Indian Philosophy

*Speaker*: Sachchidanand Mishra (Benares Hindu University, India)

*Chair*: Agnieszka Rostalska (Ghent University, Belgium)


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Abstract: For a long time, philosophers have been proposing arguments to
prove or to deny the existence of God. This attitude can be witnessed in
western philosophy as well as in Indian Philosophy. In Indian philosophy,
the theist arguments are put forward mainly by the Nyāya Vaiśeṣika school.
Only a few arguments are proposed by the Yoga Philosophers. But if there is
a debate between the theist and atheist, the onus is on the theist to prove
God's existence. The atheist only has to show that the arguments are not
capable of proving the existence of God conclusively. This is the dominant
attitude in Indian Philosophy. The Cārvāka, the Buddhists, the Jainas, the
Sāṅkhyas, and even the Mīmāṁsakas and the Vedāntins have put forward
atheist arguments to prove the incapability of the theist arguments in
proving the existence of God. In this webinar, I would try to evaluate the
arguments from both sides as presented by Indian philosophers.



With best wishes,



Francisco de Assis Mariano

The University of Missouri-Columbia

LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] Panentheism and Panpsychism: The Logic and Religion Webinar, March 17

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You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on March 17, 2022, at 4pm CET with the topic:

Panentheism and Panpsychism: Are they Interrelated? Responses from Indian and 
Comparative Philosophy of Religion.
Speaker: Purushottama Bilimoria (University of Melbourne, Australia; San 
Francisco State University, USA; RUDN University, Russia)
Chair: Anand Vaidya (San José State University, USA).

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Abstract: There has been of late a wave of interest in panentheism, which is 
pertinent to religious philosophies of both the Western and Eastern traditions. 
The dominant contemporary descriptions of panentheism however appear to be 
biased toward theistic presuppositions – the Missing God help, even toward 
monotheism!  Here I offer an alternative account, paying heed to the term’s 
etymology, and the concept’s roots in Indian religions, with its close 
counterparts in pantheism and polytheism. I next turn to panpsychism and 
explore various approaches to this thesis, with particular reference to certain 
conceptual problems (such as the ‘binding issue’) that have been raised in 
recent literature. I then draw on Indian theories to address this problem, 
particularly from the Viśiṣtādvaita, Sāṃkhya and Jaina philosophical systems. 
The principal concern in the second part will be on the question of the kind of 
– if any – relation that can be drawn between pantheism and panpsychism: is 
there a necessary connection? Even so, could it be that certain forms of 
panentheism entail a version of panpsychism (or the converse); or, to put it 
another way (a thesis I will propose and defend), that panentheism without 
panpsychism (of a particular kind) is blind, and panpsychism without 
panentheism (of a particular kind) is empty.

With best wishes,

Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
LARA Secretary
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[PEIRCE-L] The Logic of Paradise: The Logic and Religion Webinar, February 10

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Religion Webinar Series which will be held on February 10, 2022 at 4pm CET
with the topic:



THE LOGIC OF PARADISE

Speakers: Jean-Yves Beziau (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil),
and Katarzyna Gan-Krzywoszyńska (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)

Chair: Caroline Pires Ting (Logica Universalis Association, Switzerand)



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Abstract: Paradise is a famous notion in many religions. It may have
different names and may come with different related notions. As a
substantive, it is considered as a place whose location is not clearly
known, nor the way to access it. There is also the qualitative
“paradisiacal”, which applies to many situations and can be related to
different states of mind (happiness, delightedness, hope, joy, confidence).
The aim of this webinar is to study the logical aspects of paradise and
paradisiacality.





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Francisco de Assis Mariano

The University of Missouri-Columbia
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[PEIRCE-L] THE LOGIC OF BIBLICAL LOVE - The Logic and Religion Webinar, January 13

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You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on January 13, 2022 at 4pm CET with the topic:

THE LOGIC OF BIBLICAL LOVE
Speaker: Kelly Clark (Grand Valley State University, USA)
Chair: Francisco de Assis Mariano (University of Missouri-Columbia, USA)

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Abstract: The logic of Christian love seems simple: we should love like God. 
Yet the abstract and eternal God of Christian tradition—for example, God as 
impassible and unchanging—is ill-suited to understanding human love. Moreover, 
the biblical texts represent God in very human terms. I argue that we should 
embrace these human and earthy textual metaphors when it comes to understanding 
human love. Through proclamation, prescription, and example, the highest form 
of human-human love emerges from the biblical texts: (a) God insists that we 
act for the good of all humans, and (b) the transformed Heart of the Lover 
insists on acting for the good of others. Biblical love of others is, first 
(but lowest), benevolence—acting for the good of others and, second (and 
highest), compassion--empathy-motivated self-sacrificial action. While we 
typically start with benevolence, God seeks to transform us into lovers that 
care for the oppressed and so are moved to act. Christian love, which unites 
the proper feelings-motives-actions, requires a thorough understanding of the 
proper relationship and role specific feelings, motives and actions. As such, 
Biblical love does not come in three or four flavors—agape, eros and philia 
(and/or storge)—it comes in countless flavors. Finally, and time permitting, I 
will situate this biblical conception of love within a broader Abrahamic 
context. I deconstruct the pernicious myth that Jewish Love is restricted to 
Israel (tribalism), Muslim Love reduces to justice (no love), but, for 
Christians, God is (universal and agapeic) Love.

With best wishes,

Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia

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[PEIRCE-L] LOGIC AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD The Logic and Religion Webinar, December 16

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

Dear Colleague,



You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on December 16, 2021 at 4pm CET
with the topic:



LOGIC AND THE CONCEPT OF GOD

Speaker: Graham Oppy (Monash University, Australia)

Chair: Ricardo Silvestre (University of Campina Grande, Brazil)



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Abstract: In this webinar I discuss the following topics: (a) the concept
of a god; (b) the concept of God; (c) conceptions of God; (d) the Simple
Being; (e) the Greatest Being; and (f) the Perfect Being. I argue that,
perhaps, we should think of the word 'god' as a family resemblance term; I
suggest that, for some purposes, it is useful to stipulate that gods are
venerable beings that have and exercise power over all else. I argue—in
line with my book Describing Gods: An Investigation of Divine Attributes
(pp. 1-22)—that, necessarily, something is God if and only if it is the one
and only god. I insist that this nominal definition does all of the work
that we need nominal definitions to do. I suggest that we might extract
real definitions of God from theistic theories about God. I then go on to
discuss three different real definitions that some theists have given of
God: 'the Simple Being', 'the Greatest Being', and 'The Perfect Being'. My
discussion of the Greatest Being follows Jeff Speaks' book The Greatest
Possible Being. My discussion of the Perfect Being criticises the line that
Rasmussen takes in his review of Speaks' book. In addressing these topics,
I hope to also address what might be called "the logic of the concept of
God".

With best wishes,



Francisco de Assis Mariano

The University of Missouri-Columbia
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[PEIRCE-L] IS SCIENTISM THE NEW UNIVERSAL CHURCH? The Logic and Religion Webinar, November 18

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and Religion 
Webinar Series which will be held on November 18, 2021 at 4pm CET with the 
topic:

IS SCIENTISM THE NEW UNIVERSAL CHURCH?

Speaker: Laurent Lafforgue (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, France, 
Fields Medal)

Chair: Snezana Lawrence (Middlesex University, UK)

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Abstract: In a text of 1971 entitled The New Universal Church, the famous 
mathematician Alexander Grothendieck defended that through a process of 
imperialist expansion, science has created an ideology of its own, scientism, 
that has many of the features of a new religion. He called it "La nouvelle 
eglise universelle". How does Grothendieck's text against scientism and the 
imperialism of science relate to his thought? How does it relate to his 
mathematics as well as to his ideas about religions ? Can it be said that 
Grothendieck had become against science or that, in some sense, he had always 
been against some form of science? These are some of the questions that will be 
addressed in this webinar.

With best wishes,

Francisco de Assis Mariano

The University of Missouri-Columbia

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[PEIRCE-L] IS SCIENTISM THE NEW UNIVERSAL CHURCH? The Logic and Religion Webinar, November 18

[FRANCISCO MARIANO]

Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participa

te in the next session of the Logic and Religion Webinar Series which will be 
held on November 18, 2021 at 4pm CET with the topic:

IS SCIENTISM THE NEW UNIVERSAL CHURCH?
Speaker: Laurent Lafforgue (Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, France, 
Fields Medal)
Chair: Snezana Lawrence (Middlesex University, UK)

Please register in advance!
https://www.logicandreligion.com/webinars

Abstract: In a text of 1971 entitled The New Universal Church, the famous 
mathematician Alexander Grothendieck defended that through a process of 
imperialist expansion, science has created an ideology of its own, scientism, 
that has many of the features of a new religion. He called it "La nouvelle 
eglise universelle". How does Grothendieck's text against scientism and the 
imperialism of science relate to his thought? How does it relate to his 
mathematics as well as to his ideas about religions ? Can it be said that 
Grothendieck had become against science or that, in some sense, he had always 
been against some form of science? These are some of the questions that will be 
addressed in this webinar.


With best wishes,

Francisco de Assis Mariano
The University of Missouri-Columbia
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[PEIRCE-L] TITLE: What are the Arguments for Atheism? The Logic and Religion Webinar, October 14

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Dear Colleague,

You are invited to participate in the next session of the Logic and
Religion Webinar Series which will be held on October 14, 2021 at 4pm CEST
with the topic:

WHAT ARE THE ARGUMENTS FOR ATHEISM?
Speakers: Piergiorgio Odifreddi (University of Turin, Italy),
Jan Woleński (Jagiellonian University, Poland)
Chair: Stanisław Krajewski (University of Warsaw, Poland)

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With best wishes,

Francisco de Assis Mariano
LARA Secretary
The University of Missouri-Columbia (USA)
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[PEIRCE-L] LUW October 6 : being provable in Peano Arithmetic with at most k steps

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This coming Wednesday, October 6, at 4 pm CET,  one more session of the Logica 
Universalis Webinar (LUW).
See details below. Everybody is welcome to join !
Register in advance here:
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Jean-Yves Beziau
Organizer of LUW and President of LUA
http://www.logica-universalis.org/LUAD
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Paulo Guilherme Santos & Reinhard Kahle
NOVA School of Science and Technology, Caparica, Portugal and  University of 
Tübingen, Germany
"k-Provability in PA"
Logica Universalis, On-line first June 09, 2021
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11787-021-00278-1

We study the decidability of k-provability in PA—the relation ‘being provable 
in PA with at most k steps’—and the decidability of the proof-skeleton 
problem—the problem of deciding if a given formula has a proof that has a given 
skeleton (the list of axioms and rules that were used). The decidability of 
k-provability for the usual Hilbert-style formalisation of PA is still an open 
problem, but it is known that the proof-skeleton problem is undecidable for 
that theory. Using new methods, we present a characterisation of some numbers k 
for which k-provability is decidable, and we present a characterisation of some 
proof-skeletons for which one can decide whether a formula has a proof whose 
skeleton is the considered one. These characterisations are natural and 
parameterised by unification algorithms.

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