The Second International Conference of Bridges between Logic, Ethics and Social Sciences (BLESS 2025)

20-22 June 2025

School of Philosophy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, China

The BLESS conference is devoted to the application of formal tools (logical and mathematical) to issues related to actions of individuals and groups of people. The conference’s subject is the problem of formalization of inference about actions, knowledge and beliefs of individuals or groups. Papers focused on formal methods are especially welcome. Authors are invited to submit original research on all relevant topics in these areas. Papers discussing new ideas that are at an early stage of development are also welcome.

BLESS 2025 will be four days later than the 6th International Conference on Logic and Argumentation (CLAR 2025), which will take place in the same institute. Information about CLAR 2025 can be found at the conference website: https://www.zlaire.net/clar2025/.

The topics covered by the conference include, but are not limited to, the following:

• uncertain reasoning,
• probabilistic reasoning,
• non-monotonic logic,
• deontic logic,
• epistemic logic,
• formal ethics,
• logic in legal context,
• value adjustment for AI agents,
• logic and social network,
• applications of logic and mathematics to social sciences and philosophical problems.

Submissions

• Extended abstract length: 2-4 pages (including references)
• Submissions via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bless2025 

Important Dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 22 March 2025
• Acceptance notification: 7 April 2025
• Fee payment deadline: 1 May 2025 
• Conference dates: 20-22 June 2025

Invited Speakers

• Marek Sergot, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, UK
• Allard Tamminga, Department of Philosophy, University of Greifswald, Germany
• Yi Wang, Department of Philosophy (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, China

More will be announced

Program Committee

• Piotr Kulicki, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland (Co-chair)
• Tomasz Jarmużek, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland (Co-chair)
• Fengkui Ju, Beijing Normal University, China (Co-chair)
• Thomas Agotnes, Bergen University, Shanxi University, Norway, China
• Johan van Benthem, University of Amsterdam, Stanford University, and Tsinghua University, The Netherlands, USA, China
• Katarzyna Budzynska, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
• Ilaria Canavotto, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
• Pablo F. Castro, Universidad Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Argentina
• Janusz Czelakowski, University of Opole, Poland
• Huimin Dong, TU Wien, Austria
• Luis Estrada-Gonzalez, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
• Davide Fazio, University of Teramo, Italy
• Alessandro Giordani, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
• Valentin Goranko, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Andrzej Indrzejczak, Lodz University, Poland
• Mateusz Klonowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
• Kai Li, School of Philosophy, Shanxi University
• Hannes Leitgeb, MCMP, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
• Dorota Leszczynska-Jasion, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland
• Ondrej Majer, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
• Jacek Malinowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
• Reka Markovich, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Paul McNamara, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
• Francesco Paoli, University of Cagliari, Italy
• Matteo Pascucci, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Krzysztof Pietrowicz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland
• R Ramanujam, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
• Xin Sun, Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China
• Giovanni Sartor, University of Bologna, Italy
• Kordula Swietorzecka, UKSW, Warsaw, Poland
• Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Yiyan Wang, School of Philosophy, Shanxi University
• Heinrich Wansing, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
• Minghui Xiong, Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University
• Tianwen Xu, Guanghua Law School, Zhejiang University

More will be announced

Local Organization Committee

• Beihai Zhou, School of Philosophy, Shanxi University
• Kai Li, School of Philosophy, Shanxi University
• Yiyan Wang, School of Philosophy, Shanxi University

Website

http://www.didadida.org/bless-2025/ 

Inquiries

Should you have any questions, please write to Fengkui Ju (fengkui.ju@bnu.edu.cn).