In 2008/09, the ArgDiaP initiative has started the series of workshops. The meetings were launched as the response to the need for interdisciplinary exchange of expertise and experience between researchers who are interested in argumentation but who are still concerned with different fields of science such as philosophy, linguistic, logic, computer science, mathematics, psychology, etc. We hope that these meetings will be an occasion to start a heated discussion on various aspects of the argumentation process.

The series of meetings begins with a general consideration on the methods of modeling the cognitive processes – their possibilities, limitations and applications. The representation of the argumentation process uses different formal tools such as non-monotonic logics, the models of beliefs change uses doxastic and dynamic logics and the representation of dialog uses methods like game theory or dialog logics. These studies’ results can be applied in many fields like computer science, multi-agent systems and artificial intelligence. How we can proceed such kind of argumentation modeling, what formal tools we usually use, what we are still unable to model and what are our limits and challenges. On our first meetings we would like to raise these and much more questions as a matter for discussion.

Speakers

• Witold Marciszewski, Dept. of Social Sciences Methodology, Stanislaw Staszic College of Public Administration
• Marcin Mostowski, Institute of Philosophy, Warsaw University
• Krzysztof Szymanek, Institute of Philosophy, University of Silesia

Programme

11.20 – 11.30 Katarzyna Budzyńska: Introduction and Welcome
11.30 – 12.15 Witold Marciszewski: Can rational beliefs be derived from the subconscious computational processes?
12.15 – 12.30 coffee break
12.30 – 13.00 Witold Marciszewski: Can rational beliefs be derived from the subconscious computational processes? – open discussion
13.00 – 14.15 lunch
14.15 – 15.00 Marcin Mostowski: Sources of mathematical knowledge beyond deductive paradigm – part I
15.00 – 15.15 coffee break
15.15 – 15.45 Marcin Mostowski: Sources of mathematical knowledge beyond deductive paradigm – part II
15.45 – 16.00 coffee break
16.00 – 17.00 Krzysztof Szymanek: Similarity and analogy in the argumentation

Photos from the meeting: here

Organizing and Programme Committee

• Katarzyna Budzyńska (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw) – contact: k.budzynska (at) uksw.edu.pl
• Magdalena Kacprzak (Bialystok University of Technology)
• Marek Porwolik (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw)
• Paweł Rembelski (Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology)
• Marta Rostek (School of Commerce and Law)
• Paweł Skonieczny (Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw)