Objectif “The human imagination remains one of the last uncharted territories of the mind” - Ruth Byrne, The Rational ImaginationOur mind represents non-actual scenarios to extract information from them. We cannot experience beforehand which situations are or will be actual. So we explore them in our imagination, leaving our perceptions offline: ‘What would happen if...?’. The cognitive importance of this activity is hardly overestimated.But what is its *logic*? The orthodox logical treatment of representational mental states comes from modal logic’s possible worlds semantics: the modal analysis of knowledge, belief, information, was taken up by philosophy, linguistics, and Artificial Intelligence. However, the approach faces major problems. By systematically addressing them, the Logic of Conceivability (LoC) project will yield a paradigm shift in our understanding of the logic of human imagination.One major purely logical problem is that mainstream epistemic logics model cognitive agents as logically omniscient, thus as disconnected from the reality of human, fallible minds. One major philosophical problem concerns the entailment from conceivability to so-called absolute possibility in ‘thought experiments’ of theoretical philosophy: how does conceiving a scenario give evidence of its possibility? LoC will address such issues via the techniques of non-classical logics with non-normal worlds semantics. It will make logically precise the distinction, taken from cognitive science, between Fast Thinking (associative, context-sensitive) and Slow Thinking (rule-based, analytic). It will show how omniscience is avoided, and evidence of absolute possibility is achieved, in different manners in the Fast and Slow Way.Based at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, and advised by a Board of researchers from Europe, the US, and Australia, LoC will deliver high-impact outputs in top journals, a book, and knowledge dissemination results for non-specialists. Champ scientifique natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesartificial intelligencehumanitieslanguages and literaturelinguisticssocial sciencespsychologycognitive psychologyhumanitiesphilosophy, ethics and religionphilosophy Mots‑clés Non-classical logics Paraconsistent logic Worlds semantics Non-normal worlds Epistemic logic Intentionality Knowledge- and Belief- representation Cognition Cognitive information processing Programme(s) H2020-EU.1.1. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme Thème(s) ERC-CoG-2015 - ERC Consolidator Grant Appel à propositions ERC-2015-CoG Voir d’autres projets de cet appel Régime de financement ERC-COG - Consolidator Grant Institution d’accueil THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Contribution nette de l'UE € 445 362,00 Adresse NORTH STREET 66 COLLEGE GATE KY16 9AJ St Andrews Royaume-Uni Voir sur la carte Région Scotland Eastern Scotland Clackmannanshire and Fife Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Coût total € 445 362,00 Bénéficiaires (2) Trier par ordre alphabétique Trier par contribution nette de l'UE Tout développer Tout réduire THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS Royaume-Uni Contribution nette de l'UE € 445 362,00 Adresse NORTH STREET 66 COLLEGE GATE KY16 9AJ St Andrews Voir sur la carte Région Scotland Eastern Scotland Clackmannanshire and Fife Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Coût total € 445 362,00 UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM Pays-Bas Contribution nette de l'UE € 1 551 000,50 Adresse SPUI 21 1012WX Amsterdam Voir sur la carte Région West-Nederland Noord-Holland Groot-Amsterdam Type d’activité Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Liens Contacter l’organisation Opens in new window Site web Opens in new window Participation aux programmes de R&I de l'UE Opens in new window Réseau de collaboration HORIZON Opens in new window Coût total € 1 551 000,50