There are several new and rapidly evolving research areas blossoming out from the interaction of logic and relativity theory. The aim of this conference series, which take place once every 2 or 3 years, is to attract and bring together mathematicians, physicists, philosophers of science, and logicians from all over the word interested in these and related areas to exchange new ideas, problems and results. The spirit of this conference series goes back to the Vienna Circle and Tarski's initiative Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. We aim to provide a friendly atmosphere that enables fruitful interdisciplinary cooperation leading to joint research and publications. This 3rd conference is also dedicated to honoring Hajnal Andréka's 70th birthday.

Topics include (but are not restricted to):

   •  Special and general relativity    •  Knowledge acquisition in science
   •  Axiomatizing physical theories    •  Temporal and spatial logic
   •  Foundations of spacetime    •  Branching spacetime
   •  Computability and physics    •  Equivalence, reduction and emergence of theories
   •  Relativistic computation    •  Definability theory
   •  Cosmology    •  Concept algebras and algebraic logic
   •  Relativity theory and philosophy of science    •  Cylindric and relation algebras

Invited speakers:

  • Jeremy Butterfield (University of Cambridge)
  • Gyula Dávid (Eötvös Loránd University)
  • Gábor Etesi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
  • Gábor Hofer-Szabó (MTA Research Centre for the Humanities)
  • John Byron Manchak (University of California)
  • Tomasz Placek (Jagiellonian University)
  • Yde Venema (University of Amsterdam)

Important dates:

  • Deadline for abstract or paper submission: 26 February 2017
  • Notifying the authors: 31 March, 2017
  • Early registration: 15 April, 2017
  • Conference: 23-27 August, 2017

Looking forward to seeing you in Budapest.
Program Committee:

  • István Németi (Chair, MTA Rényi Institute)
  • Thomas Benda (Yang Ming University)
  • Miklós Ferenczi (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
  • Michele Friend (The George Washington University)
  • Judit X. Madarász (MTA Rényi Institute)
  • John Byron Manchak (University of California)
  • Thomas Müller (Universität Konstanz)
  • László E. Szabó (Eötvös Loránd University)
  • Gergely Székely (MTA Rényi Institute)
  • Christian Wüthrich (University of Geneva)

Organizing Committee:

  • Gergely Székely (Chair, MTA Rényi Institute)
  • Mohamed Khaled (MTA Rényi Institute)
  • Koen Lefever (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
  • Attila Molnár (Eötvös Loránd University)
  • Péter Németi (Independent)

Contact

Gergely Székely
e-mail: lrb17_(at)_renyi_dot_mta_dot_hu

Mailing address: Reáltanoda u. 13-15, Budapest 1053 Hungary

Fax: +36 1 4838333