Center for Logic, Language, and Cognition

Center for Logic, Language, and Cognition Center for Logic, Language, and Cognition (LLC), established in 2014 at the University of Turin

The Center for Logic, Language, and Cognition (LLC) was established in 2014 at the University of Turin as a joint initiative of the Departments of Philosophy and Education, Psychology, and Computer Science. The center is a focus for research in several areas, including philosophical logic, formal ontology and epistemology, theoretical computer science, philosophy of language, psycholinguistics, co

mputational linguistics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, psychology of reasoning, and cognitive neuroscience. Its aim is to promote progress in research by fostering constructive interactions among scholars with a different background.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! (4 May)
20/04/2026

DEADLINE EXTENDED! (4 May)

Natural and Artificial Intelligence: between Skills and Biases

๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐Ÿ“… 23 May 2024โฐ 17:00 - 19:00 (CET)๐Ÿ“ Aula 1, Palazzo Gorresio, Via Giulia di Barolo 3/A (Turin)๐ŸŽค Speaker: Dami...
23/05/2024

๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

๐Ÿ“… 23 May 2024
โฐ 17:00 - 19:00 (CET)
๐Ÿ“ Aula 1, Palazzo Gorresio, Via Giulia di Barolo 3/A (Turin)

๐ŸŽค Speaker: Damian Szmuc (Buenos Aires)

๐Ÿ“ƒAbstract: ย  In an article that appeared some years ago, Stefan Wintein analyzed the effect that adopting different definitions of logical consequence had on three- and four-valued strong Kleene generalizations of Classical Logic. In a nutshell, these generalizations of Classical Logic consist of keeping the same truth and falsity conditions for the complex logical expressions, while allowing for truth-value gaps or gluts. Our work aims to study the effect of adopting different definitions of logical consequence on weak Kleene generalizations of Classical Logic. The characteristic feature of weak Kleene logics is their ability to handle grammatical but otherwise meaningless, nonsensical, or off-topic sentences in a formally systematic way. Thus, our generalizations keep the truth and falsity conditions of Classical Logic the same for the complex logical expressions, while allowing for truth-value gaps or gluts---and, most importantly, for meaningless, nonsensical, or off-topic sentencesย toย beย around.

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ&๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐Ÿ“… 22 May 2024โฐ 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)๐Ÿ“ Aula T.22, Via Sant'Ottavio 54, Torino๐ŸŽค Speaker: Giovanni Gonella (...
21/05/2024

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ&๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ

๐Ÿ“… 22 May 2024
โฐ 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)
๐Ÿ“ Aula T.22, Via Sant'Ottavio 54, Torino

๐ŸŽค Speaker: Giovanni Gonella (University of Genoa)

๐Ÿ“ƒAbstract: In this talk, Iโ€™ll introduce a novel variety of epistemic luck that I call conceptual luck. The rough idea is this: a singular belief is conceptually lucky when the object that causally prompts the epistemic agentโ€™s engagement in the belief-formation activity is the bearer of the singular concept ฮฑ due to a fortunate event. So, unlike veritic epistemic luck, conceptual luck doesnโ€™t concern the beliefโ€™s truth value but rather the agentโ€™s belief formation activity. Still, Iโ€™ll argue that conceptual luck is significant to epistemology because it is incompatible with propositional knowledge. Iโ€™ll suggest a revision of the safety principle to accommodate this conclusion, and time permitting, Iโ€™ll support this thesis with an argument.

&more

๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐Ÿ“… 14 May 2024โฐ 16:00 - 18:00 (CET)๐Ÿ“ Aula 10, Palazzo Nuovo, Turin๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Online: https://unito.webex.com/unito/j.p...
12/05/2024

๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

๐Ÿ“… 14 May 2024
โฐ 16:00 - 18:00 (CET)
๐Ÿ“ Aula 10, Palazzo Nuovo, Turin
๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Online: https://unito.webex.com/unito/j.php?MTID=mcf064983fff7ce3467aa327720bb2c42

๐ŸŽค Speaker: Achille Varzi (Columbia University)

๐Ÿ“ƒAbstract; Can we truly perceive an absence? Sartre tells us that when he arrived late for his appointment at the cafรฉ, he saw the absence of his friend Pierre. Is that really what he saw? Where was it, exactly? Why didnโ€™t Sartre see the absence of other people who were not there? Why did other people who were there not see the absence of Pierre? How could Sartre have seen a genuine absence if perception is based on causation and causation, in turn, can only originate from what is present? The perception of absences gives rise to a host of conundrums and is constantly on the verge of conceptual confusion. Here I focus on the need to be clear about four sorts of distinctions: (i) perceiving an absence vs. perceiving something that is absent; (ii) perceiving an absence vs. an absence of perceiving; (iii) perceiving an absence vs. perceiving something as an absence; and (iv) perceiving an absence vs. perceiving that something is absent. I will conclude with some general morals.ย 

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ&๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐Ÿ“… 24 April 2024โฐ 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)๐Ÿ“ Sala Incontri 1, Biblioteca di Filosofia, Palazzo Nuovo, Turin๐ŸŽค S...
23/04/2024

๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ&๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ

๐Ÿ“… 24 April 2024
โฐ 12:00 - 13:00 (CET)
๐Ÿ“ Sala Incontri 1, Biblioteca di Filosofia, Palazzo Nuovo, Turin

๐ŸŽค Speaker: Vanja Subotiฤ‡ (University of Belgrade)

๐Ÿ“ƒAbstract: I present a three-level account of explanation that can be reasonably expected from DL models in cognitive neuroscience and that illustrates the explanatory dynamics within a future-biased research program (Feest 2017, Doerig et al. 2023). By relying on the mechanistic framework (Craver 2007, Stinson 2017, 2018), I develop an account that corresponds to the stages of mechanism discovery, i.e., our shifting epistemic position and epistemic goals, and propose a representative model for each level.

&more

๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐Ÿ“… 18 April 2024โฐ 17:00 - 19:00 (CET)๐Ÿ“ Aula di Antica, Palazzo Nuovo, Turin๐ŸŽค Speaker: Vanjaย Subotiฤ‡ (Universit...
17/04/2024

๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

๐Ÿ“… 18 April 2024
โฐ 17:00 - 19:00 (CET)
๐Ÿ“ Aula di Antica, Palazzo Nuovo, Turin

๐ŸŽค Speaker: Vanjaย Subotiฤ‡ (University of Belgrade)

๐Ÿ“ƒAbstract: I analyze DL models for NLP and LLMs as indicative of the stochasticity of actual language use and compatible with the gradience of acceptability judgments. The implication that I draw from the analysis is that postulating a categorical linguistic competenceโ€”as generativists doโ€”amounts to insisting that a theoretically vacuous entity should have precedence over empirical results. This aligns with the most recent manifestos that LLMs are a natural ally to usage-based theories (Contreras Kallens, Kristensen-McLahlan, & Christiansen 2023). I back up these manifestos with the following proposition: By combining the UBT and construction grammar approach to form a unified theoretical framework for understanding linguistic competence, we have a way to dismiss the Poverty of Stimulus argument once and for all and choose an integrated account of competence and performance.

๐Ÿฏ๐™ง๐™™ ๐™†๐˜ผ๐™๐™ƒ๐™” ๐™’๐™„๐™‡๐™†๐™€๐™Ž ๐™ˆ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€The Behavioral and Ethical Consequences ofLarge Language Models (LLM)26 - 27 April, ...
03/04/2024

๐Ÿฏ๐™ง๐™™ ๐™†๐˜ผ๐™๐™ƒ๐™” ๐™’๐™„๐™‡๐™†๐™€๐™Ž ๐™ˆ๐™€๐™ˆ๐™Š๐™๐™„๐˜ผ๐™‡ ๐˜พ๐™Š๐™‰๐™๐™€๐™๐™€๐™‰๐˜พ๐™€

The Behavioral and Ethical Consequences of
Large Language Models (LLM)

26 - 27 April, 2024

Universitร  di Torino
Palazzo Badini
Dipartimento di Psicologia โ€“ Sala Lauree
Via Giuseppe Verdi, 10

FRIDAY 26/4/2024
H 14:00-14.45 Welcome Remarks: Monica Bucciarelli, Anita Avramides,
Nada Bruer, Riccardo Viale

Chair: Riccardo Viale
H 14:45-15:45 David Papineau, โ€œThe Moral Standing of Artificial Creaturesโ€

H 15:45-16:45 Edoardo Datteri,
โ€œPsychological human likeness and people's folk-
ontological stances towards robotsโ€

H 16:45-17:30 Tea-Coffee break

H 17:30-18:30 Tvrtko Tadiฤ‡, โ€œThe Science and Practice of Large Language Models:
An Industry Perspectiveโ€

H. 19:30 โ€“ 20:30 Pre-Dinner drinks at Riccardo Vialeโ€™s house

H 21:00 Dinner at Arcadia Restaurant โ€“Subalpina Gallery

SATURDAY 27/4/2024

Chair: Anita Avramides

H 9:30-10:30 Lukas Meier, "Moral Dilemmas: Large Language Models vs Fuzzy
Cognitive Maps"

H 10:30-11:30 Tomislav Furlanis, โ€œLLMโ€™s and narrative misalignmentโ€

H. 11:30 โ€“ 12:15 Coffee/Tea

H 12:15- 13:15 Mario Rasetti, โ€œLarge Language Models: a new paradigm
to โ€˜measureโ€™ behaviorโ€

H 13:15 Conclusion

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The LLC Seminar originally scheduled for Thursday 7 March has been postponed. The new date is 21 March...
05/03/2024

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The LLC Seminar originally scheduled for Thursday 7 March has been postponed. The new date is 21 March.

We sure have preemptive reasons to suppose it'll be a great talk :)
04/03/2024

We sure have preemptive reasons to suppose it'll be a great talk :)

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