LUIS M. AUGUSTO

My subjects of expertise are logic (mathematical, computational, philosophical), computer maths, & cognitive science (also philosophy of mind, if broadly conceived), namely in relation to formal epistemology and other – mostly formal – approaches to knowledge and cognition.

I focus on pure & applied logic. I am particularly interested in the mathematical/philosophical notion of logical consequence and its applications in (non-)classical (computational) deduction.

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 and reasoning, knowledge engineering, cognitive modeling conceived both narrowly (symbolic & connectionist models) and broadly (e.g., mental representation [in, say, Aristotle]), & unconscious cognition.

Publications

List of publications and links thereto.

Ongoing courses & projects

· My current research focus is on knowledge from a viewpoint of mathematical structures and systems, via (meta-)logic. The main objective of this long-term multi- and interdisciplinary project is a theory of knowledge that constitutes a science of knowledge. A major project in this focus is Formal Truth Toward a Strongly Formal Epistemology, expected to be carried out—if application for funding is successful—at Lisbon’s CFCUL. Output already published: Toward a general theory of knowledge, published in the Journal of Knowledge Structures & Systems, 1(1). The results are planned to be published (also) in book form: Knowledge & Logic.

· In progress also, and related to the above project: Logic in knowledge representation and reasoning: Central topics via readings.

· A two-volume work on computational logic is underway. Volume 1 is already published (in College Publications, London). The 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 working together with Farshad Badie (Research Group Natural and Formal Languages, Aalborg University) on a symbolic computational model of formal thought disorder. Keywords: Formal thought disorder; symbolic computational model; (classical) cognitivism; logical form; semantic networks; syntax-semantics interface of human information processing; description logic; conception language; OWL (Web Ontology Language). Papers are submitted and expected to be published in 2021.

· 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

Extra stuff

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.

- Computability and Computationalism: From mathematics to theories on the mind. (On the legacy of Alan Turing one hundred years after his birth.) University of Oporto, Faculty of Letters, Nov.-Dec. 2012.

- Inconsciente e linguagem: Lições da psicose. University of Oporto, March 2010.

- Unconscious mental processes and action: A cognitive approach. University of Oporto, March 2009.

- Consciousness in Continental Philosophy. University of Oporto, April-June 2009.

- Unconscious knowledge and epistemic accessibility. University of Sussex, Dec. 2008.

- 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.

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