(also: Luis Manuel Augusto; Luis M.
S. Augusto)
Founder and Editor-in-chief of
Journal of Knowledge Structures &
Systems
Researcher ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9097-5722
Independent scientist
Madrid, Spain
Highest academic qualifications
Ph.D.
in Philosophy – University of Paris
M.A.
in Philosophy – University of Paris
M.Sc.
in Computational Mathematics – Universidade Aberta
Further institutions & activities
University
of Sussex (post-doctorate)
University
of Barcelona (visiting researcher)
I’ve been recently invited to participate in
the project
The Depth and
Complexity of Unconscious Processing
hosted by Frontiers
in Neuroscience and I am looking for funding sources
for the research for my work in this project.
Please contact me if you’d like to host and/or
fund this work, wholly or in part.
Here is a detailed description of the
individual project: The
complexity of unconscious processing
Logical Consequences
Theory and applications: An introduction
2nd edition
London: College
Publications. 06.2020.
ISBN: 978-1-84890-236-7
270 pages. In the Studies in Logic
Yellow Series: Mathematical Logic and Foundations.
Table of Contents, Preface, &c. here
Citations of this
book
Addenda & errata (1st
edition)
Many-Valued Logics
A mathematical and computational introduction
2nd edition
London: College
Publications. 06.2020.
ISBN: 978-1-84890-250-3
382 pages. In the Studies in Logic (Red)
Series.
Table of contents, Preface, &c.: here
Citations of this
book
Languages, machines, and classical computation
2nd edition
London: College
Publications. 06.2020.
ISBN: 978-1-84890-300-5
296 pages. In the Computing (Blue)
series.
Table of contents, Preface, &c.: here
Citations
of this book
Addenda &
Errata for 1st edition (2019)
Computational logic
Vol. 1: Classical deductive computing with
classical logic
2nd edition
London: College
Publications. 01.2020.
ISBN: 978-1-84890-280-0
534 pages. In the Computing (Blue)
series.
Table of contents, Preface, &c. here; Addenda
& Errata
1st ed. (2018); Addenda &
errata (1st ed.)
This
is the first of a two-volume work on computational logic.
Formal logic: Classical problems and proofs
2nd printing
(06.2020)
London: College Publications. 09.2019
ISBN: 978-1-84890-317-3
426 pages. In the Logic
(Red) Series.
Table of
contents, Preface, &c.: here
Addenda
& Errata (1st printing)
Freud, Jung, Lacan
Sobre o inconsciente
Oporto: University
of Oporto (U.Porto editorial). 2013.
ISBN: 978-989-746-029-6
340 pages
Table of contents, Preface, &c.: FJL_inconsciente;
Errata (1a ed.)
Citations
of this book
Who’s Afraid of
Idealism?
Epistemological Idealism
from the Kantian and Nietzschean Points of View
Lanham, MD:
University Press of America. 2005.
ISBN: 0-7618-3297-1
168 pages. 3rd printing
Table of contents, Preface, &c.: here
Areas of expertise & research interests
My subjects of expertise are logic (mathematical, computational, philosophical), computer maths,
& cognitive science (also
philosophy of mind, if broadly conceived), namely in relation to knowledge science.
I focus on pure
& applied logic. I am particularly interested in the
mathematical/philosophical notion of logical
consequence and its applications in (non-)classical
computation.
More generally, I research into formal languages (especially
logical languages) and their applications in human and artificial cognition.
I am also interested in knowledge representation, cognitive
modeling conceived both narrowly (symbolic & connectionist models) and
broadly (e.g., mental representation [in, say, Aristotle]), & unconscious cognition.
For a view of both the forest and the trees, see my research graph.
Publications
List
of publications and links thereto.
Ongoing courses & projects
·
My current research focus is knowledge from a viewpoint of mathematical structures and systems, via
(meta-)logic. The results are planned to be
published (also) in book form: Knowledge
& Logic.
·
In progress also: Logic in knowledge representation and reasoning: Central topics via readings.
·
The
depth and complexity of unconscious processing hosted by Frontiers in Neuroscience.
·
A two-volume work on computational logic is planned.
Volume 1 is already published (in College
Publications, London). This second volume will be largely based on formal semantics.
·
I am working on a version of my book Languages,
machines, and classical computation with applications. These will
constitute Part II of the book and there will be at least three new Chapters: compilers and front-end compilation, natural language processing, and formal verification. I am completing
the chapter on compilation and am looking for co-author(s) for the two other
chapters.
·
I am looking for a co-author for a
paper I am writing on a model of formal
thought disorder. The co-author should have a background in psychology,
psychiatry, and/or cognitive science. Keywords: Formal thought
disorder; computational symbolic model; (classical) cognitivism;
logical form; semantic networks; syntax and semantics of human information
processing
·
Can you think of a few ways in which empirical
observation contradicts the “naturalness” of the inference rules of natural
deduction for the quantifiers? Then I need you as a co-author for a paper I’m
working on. You should have a background in logic and cognitive science. Key words:
Deduction; quantifiers; natural deduction; inference rules; reasoning
Conferences, talks, etc.
- Unconscious
cognition: An intro. (A PowerPoint I use to introduce audiences to the
topic of unconscious cognition)
- Logical
consequence and closure spaces. Material prepared at the University of
Barcelona, March 2015.
- Automating
deduction in non-classical logics: Signed resolution for many-valued
logics. CMAF, University of Lisbon, 2014. Abstract
- Mind: Architectures, models, formalisms. One neuron, two
neurons, …, n neurons, a mind?
University of Oporto, June 2013.
- Mind: Architectures, models, formalisms. What language does the
mind ‘speak’? University of Oporto, May 2013.
- Mind: Architectures, models, formalisms. Is the Universal Turing
Machine a mind? University of Oporto, May 2013.
- Mind: Architectures, models, formalisms. The traditional model
of cognition (is wrong). University of Oporto, April 2013.
- Mind &/v
logic: Mental disorder. University of Oporto, April 2013.
- Mind &/v
logic: The cognitive unconscious. University of Oporto, March 2013.
- Mind &/v
logic: Knowledge representation. University of Oporto, Feb. 2013.
- Mind &/v
logic: Rationality. University of Oporto, Feb. 2013.
- Mind &/v
logic: Cognition. University of Oporto, Feb. 2013.
- Inconsciente e
linguagem: Lições da psicose. University of Oporto, March 2010.
- Unconscious
mental processes and action: A cognitive approach. University of Oporto,
March 2009.
- Unconscious
knowledge: When we don’t know that we know. University of Oporto, Nov.
2008.
- Unconscious
knowledge and epistemic status. University of Sussex, June 2008.
- Unconscious
knowledge and epistemic accessibility. University of Sussex, Dec. 2008.
My most
cited article
(> 50 citations at Google
Scholar): Augusto, L. M. (2010). Unconscious
knowledge: A survey. Advances in
Cognitive Psychology, 6, 116-141.
Contact
luis.ml.augusto(AT)gmail(DOT)com