The readings for the Summer School are available here.
Detailed program
The 2022 Law and Logic Summer School will happen over eight days, spread over two weeks. The first week runs from June 27 (Monday) to July 1 (Friday), and the second week runs from July 4 (Monday) to July 6 (Wednesday). The Summer School has no lectures over the weekend.
Each lecture day will be composed of three 90-minute sessions, with a 10-minute break within the session and 20-minute breaks between sessions. The tables below present the contents that will be covered in each session, as well as the professors responsible for the activities.
This program already reflects the online format adopted for this edition of the Summer School, but it may be subject to changes before the activities begin.
Day 1 — Monday, June 27
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 1.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Scott Brewer Giovanni Sartor | 1. Perceptions of cooperation and clash of logic and law 2. Opening thoughts about the utilities of logic for law 3. Introduction to the overall course framework: definitions and procedures of the Logocratic Method |
| 1.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Scott Brewer | Theory and Practice of the Logocratic Method (continued) |
| 1.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Giovanni Sartor | Logic and Argumentation |
Day 2 — Tuesday, June 28
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 2.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Juliano Maranhao | Introduction to propositional logic: Part 1 |
| 2.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Juliano Maranhao | Introduction to propositional logic: Part 2 |
| 2.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Juliano Maranhao Giovanni Sartor | Review of basic concepts and exercises |
Day 3 — Wednesday, June 29
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 3.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Scott Brewer | Representing legal rules and legal arguments in propositional logic |
| 3.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Scott Brewer | Review of basic concepts and exercises on propositional logic |
| 3.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Nino Rotolo | From propositional to predicate logic: grammar and basic structure |
Day 4 — Thursday, JUNE 30
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 4.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Nino Rotolo | From propositional to predicate logic: semantics and relations |
| 4.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Nino Rotolo | Review of basic concepts and exercises on predicate logic |
| 4.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Guido Governatori Nino Rotolo | Modelling the law in predicate logic |
Day 5 — Friday, July 1
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 5.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Giovanni Sartor | Argumentation and argument schemes |
| 5.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Giovanni Sartor Samuel Brasil | Formalising argumentation Burdens of proof and presumptions Defeasible reasoning |
| 5.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Guido Governatori Nino Rotolo | Deontic and modal logic: Part 1 |
The Summer School has no activities over the weekend.
Day 6 — Monday, July 4
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 6.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Scott Brewer | Analogical Reasoning: Part 1 |
| 6.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Scott Brewer | Analogical Reasoning: Part 2 |
| 6.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Matthias Armgardt Holger Andreas | A logical approach to causality |
Day 7 — Tuesday, July 5
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 7.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Emiliano Lorini | Deontic and modal logic: Part 2 |
| 7.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Emiliano Lorini | Deontic and modal logic: Part 3 |
| 7.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Scott Brewer Giovanni Sartor | Deontic logic and Hohfeldian concepts |
Day 8 — wednesday, July 6
| Session | Start time | End time | Professors | Subject |
| 8.1 | 13:30 | 15:00 | Scott Brewer | Induction: generalisation and specification |
| 8.2 | 15:20 | 16:50 | Scott Brewer | Inference to the best explanation / Abduction |
| 8.3 | 17:10 | 18:40 | Question-and-Answer Session Concluding Session Farewells |
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