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Workshop: Proofs, Rules, and Meanings
April 11 - April 12
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The workshop ‘Proofs, Rules, and Meanings’ is set to take place at the University of St Andrews (School V, United College, and livestreamed via Microsoft Teams) on 11 and 12 April 2024. It explores the relationship between proofs, rules, and meanings through the lens of proof-theoretic semantics.
This workshop features:
- the contemporary logical and philosophical dimensions of proof-theoretic semantics;
- its historical roots and precursors; and
- its fruitful applications in philosophy, linguistics, computer science, mathematics, and beyond.
Registration
This is a hybrid workshop, and there are no registration fees. Registration is now closed; if you would like to attend the workshop online, please email proofs@st-andrews.ac.uk.
Abstracts
For titles and abstracts, see here. The schedule is below.
Schedule
Thursday, 11th April 2024
09:30-10:00 – registration, refreshments, and welcome
10:00-10:40 – “λμ: Relating Constructive, Classical and Substructural Logics,” Greg Restall (St Andrews)
10:50-11:50 – “Meaning as Use, Use as Meaning,” Sophie Nagler (St Andrews/ILLC Amsterdam)
11:55-12:35 – “Three Kinds of Logical Expressivism,” Luca Incurvati (ILLC Amsterdam)
12:35-13:35 – catered offline lunch (open to all attendees)
13:40-14:40 – “Dummett, Hacking, and Circularity in Logical Semantics,” Viviane Fairbank (St Andrews/Stirling)
14:45-15:25 – “Speech Acts at the Dialogical Roots of Deduction,” Catarina Dutilh Novaes (VU Amsterdam/St Andrews)
15:45-17:15 – “Logical Metainferentialism” (keynote), Bogdan Dicher (Witwatersrand)
18:30-21:00 – conference dinner at The Bothy (speakers only)
Friday, 12th April 2024
from 09:30 – refreshments
10:00-10:40 – “Proof-Theoretic Validity Based on Elimination Rules,” Peter Schroeder-Heister (Tübingen)
10:50-11:50 – “Semantic Pollution and the Meaning of Connectives,” Robin Martinot (Utrecht)
11:55-12:35 – “‘Proof Theory’ in Medieval Logic,” Sara Uckelman (Durham)
12:35-13:35 – catered online lunch (open to all attendees)
13:40-14:40 – optional walking tour of St Andrews
14:45-15:25 – “An Ecumenical View of Proof-Theoretic Semantics,” Elaine Pimentel (UCL)
15:40-16:40 – “Bilateral Derivability: How to Implement (Constructive) Notions of Proof and Refutation in a Sequent Calculus,” Sara Ayhan (Bochum)
16:45-17:15 – plenary discussion: Proofs, rules, and meanings – quo vaditis? Chair: Stephen Read (St Andrews)
18:00 – post-workshop drinks (open to all)
Accessibility Information
The main venue (School V, United College, St Andrews) provides level access, gender-neutral toilets and a hearing loop. For more information, see the AccessAble guide and the room details page. The main door is access controlled, and we will see to having volunteers open the door as needed.
There will be a breakout and coffee room, dedicated as a quiet room, across the corridor from the main venue.
The lunch room is the Stewart Room in Younger Hall. This is a two minute walk from the main venue and also has level access via an elevator. For more details, see the AccessAble guide and the room details page.
The Teams call will be enabled for live captions. Online participant video will be visible to offline attendees at all times via an external monitor.
We are providing optional name badges, on which people may also include their pronouns.
Student Travel Awards
The Association of Symbolic Logic (ASL) is offering (limited) student travel awards to attend this ASL-sponsored workshop. The ASL strongly encourages applications from women and members of minority groups. Applicants must be student members of the ASL. Applications must be received by 10th January 2024. For more details, and to apply, see: https://aslonline.org/meetings/student-travel-awards/.
The Analysis Trust is also offering (limited) student bursaries, covering up to 50% of the full cost of accommodation and subsistence. Postgraduate students and under-employed recent postgraduates are eligable to apply. Travel costs are not covered by this bursary. Applications must be received by 10th February 2024, and can be made as part of the general registration process.
Partners
The workshop is organised in partnership with the St Andrews Metaphysics and Logic Research Group, and the St Andrews Medieval Logic Research Group. It is funded by the Arché Research Centre, the Scots Philosophical Association, the British Logic Colloquium, the Association for Symbolic Logic (ASL), and the Analysis Trust.
This event is affiliated with the PTS Network. Participants can join for updates on activities on Proof-Theoretic Semantics here.
Background
Proof-theoretic semantics is a research programme that aims to determine the meaning of linguistic expressions by analysing their inferential use. It was inspired by general proof theory, the logical research programme that led to the development of the sequent calculus and natural deduction systems. Proof-theoretic semantics was subsequently given its name by Peter Schroeder-Heister (one of our speakers) in 1987. Since then, it has become a vibrant research field in philosophical, mathematical, computational and linguistic logic.
Contact
If you have any questions, get in touch via proofs@st-andrews.ac.uk.
