Workshop Description:

The roots of logic go back to antiquity, where it was mostly used as a tool for analyzing human 
argumentation. In the 19th century Gottlob Frege, one of the founders of modern logic and analytic 
philosophy, introduced anti-psychologism in the philosophy of  mathematics. In the following years 
anti-psychologism, the view that the nature of mathematical truth is independent of human ideas, 
was one of the philosophical driving forces behind the success of mathematical logic.
During the same period in the 19th century, also modern psychology (Helmholtz, Wundt) was born. 
However, Frege?s notion of anti-psychologism often stood in the way of a potential merge of the 
disciplines and led to a significant separation between logic and psychology research agendas and 
methods. Only since the 1960s, together with the growth of cognitive science inspired by the 'mind 
as computer' metaphor, the two disciplines have started to interact more and more. Today, we 
finally observe an increase in the collaborative effort between logicians, computer scientists, 
linguists, cognitive scientists, and psychologists.

We plan to discuss the empirical research motivated by logical theories as well as logics inspired 
by experimental studies. As a result, we hope to contribute towards an increase in collaboration 
between logicians and cognitive scientists.

The meeting is partially sponsored by a Vici grant NWO-277-80-001

Invited speakers:

Paul Egré
Iris van Rooij

The workshop will take place as part of the 24th European Summer School in Logic, Language and 
Information (ESSLLI 2012): http://www.esslli2012.pl/

Submissions Details:

Please send your submission in PDF format, at most 10 pages in LNCS style, 10 pts, bibliography 
included (see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 ). If needed due to 
space reasons, technical material such as proofs may be added in an appendix of at most 5 pages. 
The PDF files have to be uploaded online via the workshop?s submission website:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=logiccognition2012

The author notification date is April 15, 2012. Prior to the workshop, speakers will have the 
opportunity to submit an extended abstract for inclusion in the ESSLLI proceedings (deadline 
June 1, 2012). All participants must register for ESSLLI. However, we will be able to partially 
refund ESSLLI fees for selected speakers.

After the workshop, selected authors will be invited to submit a revised and extended version of 
their paper for a special issue of the Journal of Logic, Language and Information (JoLLI), devoted 
to Logic and Cognition.

Program Committee:

Jakub Szymanik (co-chair)
Rineke Verbrugge (co-chair)
Leon de Bruin
Eve Clark
Robin Clark
Paul Egré
Fritz Hamm
Alice ter Meulen
Marcin Mostowski
Maartje Raijmakers
Iris van Rooij
Keith Stenning
Marcin Zajenkowski

Important Dates:

Submission deadline: March 2, 2012
Notifications: May 1, 2012
Camera-ready copy: June 1, 2012
Workshop: August 13-17, 2012

Program chairs: Jakub Szymanik, Rineke Verbrugge

Contact: logic.cognition@gmail.com