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Workshop: Proofs, Rules, and Meanings
The workshop ‘Proofs, Rules, and Meanings’Ìýis set to take place at the University of 58³Ô¹Ï (School V, United College, and livestreamed via ) 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 . The schedule is below.
ScheduleÌý
Thursday, 11th April 2024Ìý
09:30-10:00 – registration, refreshments, and welcome
10:00-10:40 – “λμ: Relating Constructive, Classical and Substructural Logics,” (58³Ô¹Ï)
10:50-11:50 – “Meaning as Use, Use as Meaning,” (58³Ô¹Ï/ILLC Amsterdam)
11:55-12:35 – “Three Kinds of Logical Expressivism,” (ILLC Amsterdam)
12:35-13:35 – catered offline lunch (open to all attendees)
13:40-14:40 – “Dummett, Hacking, and Circularity in Logical Semantics,” (58³Ô¹Ï/Stirling)
14:45-15:25 – “Speech Acts at the Dialogical Roots of Deduction,” (VU Amsterdam/58³Ô¹Ï)
15:45-17:15 – “Logical Metainferentialism” (keynote), (Witwatersrand)
18:30-21:00 – conference dinner at (speakers only)
Friday, 12th April 2024
from 09:30 – refreshments
10:00-10:40 – “Proof-Theoretic Validity Based on Elimination Rules,” (°Õü²ú¾±²Ô²µ±ð²Ô)
10:50-11:50 – “Semantic Pollution and the Meaning of Connectives,” (Utrecht)
11:55-12:35 – “‘Proof Theory’ in Medieval Logic,” (Durham)
12:35-13:35 – catered online lunch (open to all attendees)
13:40-14:40 – optional walking tour of 58³Ô¹Ï
14:45-15:25 – “An Ecumenical View of Proof-Theoretic Semantics,” (UCL)
15:40-16:40 – “Bilateral Derivability: How to Implement (Constructive) Notions of Proof and Refutation in a Sequent Calculus,” (Bochum)
16:45-17:15 – plenary discussion: Proofs, rules, and meanings – quo vaditis? Chair: Stephen Read (58³Ô¹Ï)
18:00 – post-workshop drinks (open to all)
Accessibility Information
The main venue (School V, United College, 58³Ô¹Ï) provides level access, gender-neutral toilets and a hearing loop. For more information, see the 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 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:
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 .
Partners
The workshop is organised in partnership with the 58³Ô¹Ï Metaphysics and Logic Research Group, and the 58³Ô¹Ï Medieval Logic Research Group. It is funded by the Arché Research Centre, the , the , the , and the .
This event is affiliated with the . Participants can join for updates on activities on Proof-Theoretic Semantics .
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.
