1st Pan African Logic Congress
The logic of nature &
the nature of logic in Africa
“On revealing implicit Logics in African mannerisms”
Date 28 – 30 th April 2024
The British University in Egypt, Cairo
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Aims & Scope
About ALC’24
Date: 28 – 30 th April 2024
Location: The British University in Egypt, Cairo
Note: Participants who are unable to attend in person can participate in the conference virtually.
This congress aims to promote logic in Africa. It is focused on Nature in a double sense. Wildlife is very important in Africa, the flora and fauna are very impressive.
This is the place where there is the highest number and variety of animals. And for this reason, the people especially in central Africa have a strong connection with nature.
It is the opportunity therefore to reflect on the logic of nature and to examine to what extent it is different from the logic of the technological and industrial world (computers, artificial intelligence, and so on).
This is a way therefore to challenge the very nature of logic. From this perspective, logic is understood in a very wide sense and in relation to all aspects of the world, natural and artificial.
The purpose of this event is to reveal and explore different manners of reasoning embedded in African cults, myths, arts, religions, rituals, economic systems, traditional justice systems, and architectural systems.
This congress will enrich logical studies and their relative subjects like AI through elaborating logical interpretations of different aspects of African cultures
In this congress, we attempt to re-Africanize the different African logics by understanding and interpreting them within their frameworks .in order to reveal their originality, uniqueness, and innovation.
Call for Papers
Topic areas include
(but not limited to)
History of Logic
Traditional African logics
Metaphysics, ethics, and Philosophy of nature in the tradition of African Culture
Peculiar philosophical inquiries in Traditional African cultures
Apuleius and the square of opposition
The desert, silence, nothingness and reason
The desert, silence, nothingness and reason
Truth, natural intelligence, and the art of thinking in Africa
Logic in ancient Egypt
Innovative strategies of thinking embodied in different aspects of traditional culture
i.e., myths, arts, religions, economic systems, traditional justice systems, and architectural systems
Wildlife and rational human behavior
The logic of African music
The variety of religious believers and mythologies in Africa and their rationality
Logical and semiotical aspects of African languages
The Development and use of Artificial intelligence in Modern Africa
Important Dates
Open for Submissions
15-12-2023
Submissions Deadline Extension
31-3-2024
Notification of Acceptance
within 5 days after the Submission Deadline
2024 Keynote Speakers
African Vitalogy - The Logic of Life –
Proper of African Thinking
(African vision of the reality)
Logic and intelligence of cats considering their divine existence in Ancient Egypt
A thousand and one facets of feline intelligence, from logic to wisdom
Contradictions and Logic
The Nature of Logic
Lecturer in the Faculty of Philosophy of the Pontifical Lateran University: African Thought and Religion; History of African Philosophy Former Director of the Department of Human and Social Sciences, International Research Area, Interdisciplinary Studies for the Development of African Culture (Pul Philosophy Faculty) Former Director of the Cardinal Bernardin Gantin Chair on Political Socialization in Africa of the Pontifical Lateran University (Faculty of Philosophy) (2013–2017) Member of the Center for Interreligious Dialogue—Focolare Movement, responsible for dialogue between Christianity and African Traditional Religion (ART); the Popular Religions of Asia (RPA); the Survey Religions of Oceania; and Latin America and Central America (RIA).
Member of the Scientific Committee of the Review: New Humanity—Focolare Movement, Opera di Maria Positions held Participated in the Synod of Bishops of the Vatican City as Supervisor of Translators and Translations (1994–2010) Former Lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Center on Social Communication (Anthropology and Intercultural Communication) and in the Faculty of Missiology (Religions and Culture in Africa); Aspects of African Traditional Religion;
The Synodal Tradition in the History of the Church; The Media at the Service of Evangelization; Ecclesia in Africa: challenges and prospects at the Pontifical Gregorian University Former Member of the Italian Ecclesial Committee for the Reduction of the External Debt of Poor Countries (Appointment of the Presidency of the Italian Episcopal Conference) Former Member (Catholic) of the Council for the Study of “Theological Anthropology—Faith and Order Commission of the WCC World Conference of Churches“.
Former Member of the Scientific Committee of the Seminar: Globalization and Catholic Higher Education: Hopes and Challenges, Vatican City, December 2–6, 2002 Former Member of the Study Commission for the in-depth study of issues relating to intercultural education in the Italian school of the (Italian) Ministry of Public Education established with D.M, et Cetera.
The founder of the first official Philosophical Counseling Company (EMYY) in North Cyprus & Turkey; PhD in Ancient Indian & Chinese Philosophy and Logic from Istanbul University.
Veterinarian and behavioral specialist in the feline field. Passionate about felines and writing, she is also a journalist for the professional and general public press and author of several books.
Lecturer-researcher and member of the UR CONFLUENCE: Sciences and Humanities (EA 1598), his work focuses on non-classical logic and the history of logic on the one hand, and on the Management of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the other.
He is the Pedagogical Director of the Master’s Degree in Management, Human Sciences and Innovation at ESDES & Faculty of Philosophy. He teaches, among other things, courses in logic, epistemology, quality management and CSR.
He has been living and working in different places: France, Brazil, Poland, Corsica, California (UCLA, Stanford, UCSD), Switzerland.
He is currently Professor at the University of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, former President of the Brazilian Academy of Philosophy.
He is the creator of the World Logic Day, yearly celebrated on January 14 (UNESCO international days), the World Logic Prizes Contest, the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the journals Logica Universalis and South American Journal of Logic, the book series Logic PhDs, Studies in Universal Logic and area logic editor of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
He is the President of LUA (Logica Universalis Association).
Appointed Technical Advisor to the Presidency of the In the Republic of Senegal, in 1990, Mr. Elimane Kane undertook an administrative career.
He will be Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Education in 1989, and currently Minister of Culture.
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