CS III dr. Constantin C. Brîncuș

CS III dr. Constantin C. Brîncuș



Personal web-page: https://sites.google.com/view/constantin-brincus/home 

Scientific Works

A. Articles/ Book chapters
1. "Inferential Quantification and the Omega rule" (forthcoming), In Antonio D’Aragona (ed), “Perspectives on deduction”, Springer, Synthese Library, 2022
2. "Logical Maximalism in the Empirical Sciences" In: Parusniková Z., Merritt D. (eds) Karl Popper's Science and Philosophy. Springer, Cham., pp. 171-184 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67036-8_9
3. "Are the Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?” Synthese. An International Journal for Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, 198, pp. 7249–7256 (2021) DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02519-9
4. "Categoricity and Negation. A Note on Kripke’s Affirmativism", Logica 2018 Yearbook, eds. Igor Sedlar and Martin Blicha, College London Publications (2019), pp. 57-66. (with Iulian D. Toader)
5. "Philosophical Accounts of First-Order Logical Truths", Acta Analitica. An International Journal of Philosophy in the Analytic Tradition (2019), Volume 34, Issue 3, pp 369–383 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12136-019-00381-5
6. "What Makes Logical Truths True?", Logos & Episteme. An International Journal of Epistemology, VII, 3, 2016, pp. 249-272. DOI 10.5840/logos-episteme20167327
7. "The Epistemic Significance of Valid Inference - A Model-Theoretic Approach", in Meaning and Truth, edited by S. Costreie & M. Dumitru, Pro Universitaria Publishing House, 2015, pp. 11-37.
8. "A Carnapian Approach to Counterexamples to Modus Ponens", The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 7, 2013, pp. 78-85.

B. Reviews
1. "Review: Carnap's Ideal of Explication and Naturalism, edited by Pierre Wagner; Palgrave Macmillan, 2012", The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 8, 2014, pp. 65-68.
2. "Review: John P. Burgess, Philosophical Logic, Princeton University Press, 2009", The Romanian Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 7, 2013, pp. 90 -92.

C. Abstracts/proceedings
1. Are The Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?”, in PROOF-THEORETIC SEMANTICS Assessment and Future Perspectives. Proceedings of the Third Tubingen Conference on Proof-Theoretic Semantics, Edited by Thomas Piecha and Peter Schroeder-Heister, University of Tubingen, 2019, pp. 533-549. http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-35319
2. "Non-normal Interpretations of Positive Logic". in Karl Popper and the Philosophy of Mathematics , Proceedings of the Conference held in Klagenfurt, 5 – 7 April, 2018, Edited by Reinhard Neck, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt 2018, pp. 8-12 (with Dr. Iulian D. Toader)
D. Conferences
1. ▪ ”Model-Theoretic Inferentialism and Categoricity”, Proofs, arguments, and dialogues: history, epistemology and logic of justification practices, CIVIS Summer School, University of Tuebingen, 8-12 August 2022.
2. ▪ ”How does an Inferentialist answer to Godel?”, Romanian Academy, IFPAR, 9 June 2022 (In Romanian)
3. ▪ Inferential Quantification and the Omega Rule”, Perspectives on Categoricity, Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna, May 27, 2022.
4. ▪”Is the Tractatus' Grundgedanke an Inferentialist Idea?”, Romanian Academy, Institute of Philosophy and Psychology, Bucharest, Romania, November 26-27, 2021.(In Romanian)
5. ▪“The Plurality of Logics: between Human Thinking and Formal Systems”, The East European Network for Philosophy of Science, Belgrade, Serbia, June 9-11, 2021
6. ▪"Categoricity and Logical Revisionism", Second ALEF Workshop in Analytic Philosophy, Cluj-Napoca, 25 September 2020 (with I. Toader)
7. ▪“Naturalizing Logic?”, Naturalism: From Logic to Phenomenology and Back Again, ICUB, University of Bucharest, 9 November 2019
8. ▪“Karl R. Popper: Logical Writings”, Karl R. Popper Symposium, 16th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE, Czech Republic, 5–10 August 2019
9. ▪ ”Open-ended Quantification and Categoricity” , 16th INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON LOGIC, METHODOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PRAGUE, Czech Republic, 5–10 August 2019
10. ▪ ”Morality and Integrity. Between Rules and Character”, School of Integrity Carfia, Sinaia, Romania, August 1-3, 2019 (In Romanian)
11. ▪ “Open-ended Quantification and Non-standard Models”, LOGICA 2019, Hejnice Monastery, Czech Republic, 24 – 28 June 2019
12. ▪ “Open-ended Quantification and Alternative Models”, Workshop “Formal Logic and Philosophy of Science”, University of Salzburg, Austria, 4 May 2019
13. ▪ “Are the Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?”, Proof-Theoretic Semantics Assessment and Future Perspectives, Third Tübingen Conference on Proof-Theoretic Semantics, Tübingen, Germany, 27–30 March 2019
14. ▪ "Categoricity and the Elimination of Negation", Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Madrid, Spain, 13-16 November 2018 (with Iulian D. Toader)
15. ▪ “Are the Open-Ended Rules for Negation Categorical?”, Philosophical Perspectives. The 13th conference of the Italian Society for Analytic Philosophy, Novara, Italia, 4-7 September 2018
16. ▪ “Finitism and Phenomenology: The Benefits of a Fully Formalized Logic”, Axiomatic Mathematics and Phenomenology, IRH, University of Bucharest, 3-4 September 2018
17. ▪ ”The Concept of Academic Integrity”, School of Integrity Carfia, Sinaia, Romania, August 1-3, 2018 (In Romanian)
18. ▪ “On Human Nature. Rethinking the Humean Sensibility – Reason Correlation”, Humeanins: The 2nd Bucharest-Budapest Workshop in Philosophy, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy, Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary, July 28-29, 2018 (with Mircea Flonta)
19. ▪ “Formalism and Intuitionism: How Does Categoricity Mediate between Intuitive and Axiomatic Concepts?” ERGO. Forms, Formalism and Uniqueness, Cluj-Napoca, April 20-21, 2018
20. ▪ “Some Remarks on Logical Negation. Do we Really Need It?”, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, April 18, 2018. (Audio, in Romanian, here)
21. ▪ “Non-normal Interpretations of Positive Logic“, Symposium: Karl Popper and the Philosophy of Mathematics, Klagenfurt, Austria, April 5 – 7, 2018. (with Iulian D. Toader).
22. ▪ "Why is Logic Special? or What Might the Tortoise Have Said to Anti-exceptionalists?", The nature of the normative - ontology, semantics, logic, Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences, 16-17 October 2017, Villa Lanna, Prague, Czech Republic.
23. ▪ "The Reception of Hilbert's Axiomatic Method in Romania", 4th International Conference on the History and Philosophy of Computing, Workshop "Hilbert in CEE", 3 October 2017, Brno, Czech Republic. (with Iulian D. Toader)
24. ▪ "What Does it Mean to Know a Moral Rule?", Bucharest-Oxford Workshop in Applied Ethics, 4th edition, part of Bucharest Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy (BCAP 2017), June 13-14, 2017.
25. ▪ "The Necessity of Logical Connections", 'Meaning and Essence' Workshop, The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), 10 March 2017.
26. ▪ "A Metalogical Argument for Aristotle's Thesis", International Conference "2400 ARISTOTLE", Bucharest, November 25–26, 2016.
27. ▪ "Inferring to the best Explanation of First Order Logical Truths", European PhD-Net in Philosophy, Second Seminar, Bucharest, April 15-16, 2016.
28. ▪ "Inferring to the best Explanation of First Order Logical Truths", Half-Day Workshops, Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest, February 26, 2016.
29. ▪ "The Nature of Logical Principles" CELFIS International Seminar, November 25, 2015, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest, Romania. (A video, in Romanian, here.)
30. ▪ "Logical Truth", International Conference "Humanities and Social Sciences Today. Classical and Contemporary Issues", Romanian Academy, Iaşi Branch, 7-10 May 2015
31. ▪ "The Epistemic Significance of Valid Inference - A Model-Theoretic Approach ", 15th Congress on Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science (CLMPS) , August 3-8, 2015, Helsinki, Finland.
32. ▪ "The Epistemic Significance of Valid Inference - A Model-Theoretic Approach", CELFIS International Seminar, January 21, 2015, Bucharest, Romania.
33. ▪ "The Categoricity Problem at the Propositional Level: Is a Full Formalization of Classical Propositional Logic Possible?". Half-Day Workshops, Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest, 14 June 2013.
34. ▪ "The Methodological Role and the Ontological Status of Invariance Principles", Unity and Diversity in Knowledge Society International Conference, Romanian Academy, Iasi, 27-30 September 2012.
35. ▪ "Kant and the Foundations of Science", National Student Conference, Philosophy and Modernity, Faculty of Philosophy, Bucharest, 29-30 March 2012. (In Romanian)