Workshop on Modal Logic

Programme

10.00 – 10.30    Welcome and coffee

10.30 – 11.30    Aristotle on the Necessity of the Consequent

                            (Adriane Rini, Massey University, NZ)

11.30 – 12.30    The Slingshot Arguments of Quine and Gödel

                            (Jan Heylen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Lunch

14.00 – 15.00    The Dynamics of Surprise

                            (Lorenz Demey, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

15.00 – 16.00    Carnap's Modal Logic. Topics in the Pre-history of Possible-worlds semantics

                            (Max Cresswell, Victoria University of Wellington)

Practical Information

The workshop is held in room D.1.08 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels.

Acces information

Admission is free, but registration is advised. Please send an email to patrick.allo@vub.ac.be with your name and affiliation.