1st Semester 2018/19: Reasoning in autism spectrum disorders (ASD)

Instructors

Michiel van Lambalgen and Levin Hornischer

If you are interested in this project, please contact the instructor(s) by email.

Registration through https://datanose.nl/#specialenrol, using the course code: 5314RIAS6Y

 

ECTS

6

Description

People with ASD tend to have great difficulty with some, though not all, situations that seem to call for defeasible reasoning. This raises a number of foundational issues about logic:

• Are psychological data relevant for a normative discipline such as logic?
• Is there a logic that captures autistic reasoning patterns?
• Can one identify cognitive capacities  that influence the adoption of a logic?

Organisation

We'll start with a 'plenary' lecture on autism and a discussion of possible essay topics. The maximum number of participants is 8. Further details will be announced via email to those who have signed up.