The role of the probability calculus and its generalizations in providing a formal framework for addressing traditional epistemological probabilities is well established. The aim of the colloquium is to explore the role of other calculi of uncertainty in epistemology - in particular those based on many-valued logics. Topics to be covered include

• the epistemological uses of uncertainty calculi

• the relation of fuzzy logics to the probability calculus

• epistemological interpretations of many-valued logics

• foundations of fuzzy logics and probability

• counterparts (if any) of conditionalization in fuzzy frameworks

• learning in fuzzy logics, conditionalization in probability and in fuzzy logics, calibration in probability and fuzzy logics

• vagueness as a linguistic and as an epistemic concepts

Invited speakers are Colin Howson, Peter Milne, Nick Smith  and Timothy Williamson.

The colloquium follows the conference Logic, Algebra and Truth Degrees 2010 

SUBMISSIONS:

Deadline for submissions: April 30, 2010
Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2010

Submissions of abstracts of not more than 1000 words should be made online, in PDF format, at

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eamvl2010

Please note that you have to create an easychair account before submitting your paper. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, and should therefore be prepared for blind reviewing.

Conference fee: 170 EUR (200 EUR for late registration - after July 15)

Organizing Committee: Timothy Childers, Ondrej Majer (Institute of Philosophy, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic), Christian Fermüller (Technical University of Vienna)

 The colloquium is part of the Collaborative Research Project Logical Models of Reasoning with Vague Information, EUROCORES programme LogICCC of the European Science Foundation .

The conference mail address is colloquium@flu.cas.cz