The Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science at the University of Gothenburg launched a lecture series in 2013 to celebrate the singular achievements of Pelle Lindström, former professor of logic at the department (in the photo).
Annually, a distinguished logician is invited to deliver a general lecture to the public, and a specialized presentation at the logic seminar.
We are proud to announce that the 2019 Lindström Lectures will be delivered by Johan van Benthem.
Johan van Benthem is University Professor of Logic, emeritus (University of Amsterdam), Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy (Stanford University), Jin Yuelin Chair (Tsinghua University Beijing).
Van Benthem obtained his PhD from University of Amsterdam in 1977. His work since then has contributed to a remarkably wide range of topics within logic, including modal and temporal logic, logic and epistemology/philosophy of science, logical semantics and syntax of natural language, logics of space, and dynamic logics of information, computation and communication. Van Benthem has published over 500 articles and 10 edited books in logic, and has supervised over 80 PhD students in the field. He is founding director of the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC, University of Amsterdam), first chair of the European Foundation for Logic, Language and Information (FoLLI), chair of the first Dutch national research program in cognitive science, and is co-director of the Amsterdam–Tsinghua Research Center for Logic.
Logic and Agency: The Promises and The Challenges, Johan van Benthem
Dynamic Logics of Model Change, Johan van Benthem
The 2019 Lindström Lectures will be co-located with the conference Circularity in Syntax and Semantics.
Box 200, 405 30 Göteborg
Visiting Address:
Olof Wijksgatan 6
Phone:
031-786 4573
