Logic, Language, Mathematics - A Philosophy Conference in Memory of Imre Ruzsa September 16, 2009

As part of the annual conference series “LANGUAGE, UNDERSTANDING, INTERPRETATION”, the Philosophy Institute of Eotvos University and the MTA-ELTE Philosophy of Language Research Group announces its conference entitled

LOGIC, LANGUAGE, MATHEMATICS – A Philosophy Conference in Memory of Imre Ruzsa

Date: September 17-19, 2009.

Location: Budapest 1088, Muzeum krt. 4/i.

Deadline for submissions: June 1, 2009

Confirmed plenary speakers:

Hajnal Andréka (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics)

Ferenc Csaba (Eötvös University Budapest)

Gábor Forrai (University of Miskolc)

Gyula Klíma (Fordham University)

András Máté (Eötvös University Budapest)

Tamás Mihálydeák (University of Debrecen)

István Németi (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics)

László Pólos (University of Durham (GB))

Zoltán Gendler Szabó (Yale University)

Anna Szabolcsi (New York University)

The conference is held in memory of Imre Ruzsa (1921-2008), the father of modern philosophical logic in Hungary. His professional interests centered around modal logic, intensional logic, modeling natural language in systems of intensional logic, and the foundations of logic and mathematics. He always thought of his generalization of A. N. Prior’s concept of semantic value gaps to quantified, intensional and type-theoretic systems as his most important contribution to logic. He was the author of three books in English (Modal Logic with Descriptions, The Hague, 1982, Intensional Logic Revisited, Budapest, 1991, Introduction to Metalogic, Budapest, 1993), several monographs and textbooks in Hungarian, and many articles in leading logic journals.

Several of Imre Ruzsa’s former students from across the globe will gather to discuss his legacy, and also to present on some of his favorite themes, topics, and areas—we invite you to do the same.

Contributions for 20-minute panel-presentations are sought in the following areas: modal and intensional logics; logics with truth value gaps; metalogic; Frege’s philosophy of language and mathematics; Tarski’s theory of truth; and more broadly in philosophical logic, mathematical logic, formal semantics, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of language. Plenary talks will be in English; some of the afternoon panels are held in English, some in Hungarian.

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://phil.elte.hu/ruzsaconf/