The purpose of the World Congress on Logic and Religion (WoCoLoR) series is to provide a place where scholars from all fields, as well as theologians of all religions, can come together to hear from one another about the latest developments in the relationship between logic and religion, reason and faith, rational inquiry and divine revelation.
There have been three editions of the WoCoLoR: in Joao Pessoa, Brazil (2015), in Warsaw, Poland (2017), and in Varanasi, India (2022). Previous keynote speakers include Saul Kripke (Schock Prize), Laurent Lafforgue (Fields Medal), Michal Heller (Templeton Prize), Dov Gabbay, Jan Wolenski and Piergiorgio Odifreddi.
The 4th World Congress on Logic and Religion–4th WoCoLoR 2023–will be held at Sinaia, Romania, on September 3-8, 2023. We invite scholars (philosophers, logicians, mathematicians, theologians, etc.) to submit a one-page abstract. The topics of the papers should deal with the relationships between logic and religion. To submit an abstract click here.
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Richard Swinburne (University of Oxford, UK)
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Eleonore Stump (Saint Louis University, USA)
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Mircea Dumitru (University of Bucharest, Romania)
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Anne-Françoise Schmid (Mines Paris-Tech, France)
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Franziska Kohlt (University of Leeds, UK, and University of Southern California, USA)
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Douglas L. Berger (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
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Kordula Świętorzecka (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland)
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Matthias Kossler (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany)
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Miray Yazgan (Bahcesehir Cyprus University, Turkey)
The following workshops will happen inside the 4th WoCoLoR:
WORKSHOP
Applying Mathematics to Theology
Keynote Speaker: Mircea Dumitru, University of Bucharest
Organiser: Stanisław Krajewski, University of Warsaw
The workshop “Applying Mathematics to Theology” will be devoted to the problem of mathematical models, concepts and inspirations that have influenced or can influence theology and religious studies. Also papers arguing for the impossibility of such applications or the misleading character of attempts to apply mathematics to theology are welcome.
Here are the papers by the undersigned that can introduce some of the relevant topics:
- Stanislaw Krajewski, Mathematical Models in Theology. A Buber-inspired Model of God and its Application to Shema Israel, Journal of Applied Logics 6(6), 2019, 1007–1020.
- Stanislaw Krajewski, Is Mathematics Connected to Religion?. In: Sriraman B. (eds) Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19071-2_77-2 – to appear
The website of the congress and the application form can be found at http://4wocolor.pl/#about
The initial appeal directed to all interested scholars asks to apply before May 30, 2023.
The event is organized by the Logic and Religion Association with support of Ian Ramsey Centre (Oxford University) and the University of Bucharest. More about the LARA association can be found at https://www.logicandreligion.com/
SCHEDULE
Monday (September 4)
Room A
Chairing: Stanisław Krajewski
| 14:30-15:15 – | KEYNOTE: Gödel’s Ontological Argument |
| 15:20-15:45 – | Introduction |
| 15:45-16:15 – | On the Relevance of the Neo-Platonic Theology to Pythagorean Arithmetic Practice |
| 16:15-16:45 – | Short circuits or fruitful mutual irritations? Encounters of Mathematics and Theology in Nicholas of Cusa and Georg Cantor |
| 16:45-17:00 – | <a<>Coffe break</a<> |
| 17:00-17:30 – | God and the Numbers |
| 17:30-18:00 – | Is Mathematics Essential in ‘The Star of Redemption’? |
| 18:00-18:30 – | Using Category Theory to Model Methods of Biblical Reading |