On 6 January 2025 at 14.00 we invite you to the Meilė Lukšienė Hall to participate in the  first lecture of the year, or Lectio Prima, “The Past and Future of Logic”. The lecture will be given by prof. dr. Jonas Dagys, Professor of the Faculty of Philosophy of Vilnius University, Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy.

Professor Dagys works in the tradition of analytical philosophy, researches contemporary problems of philosophy of consciousness, epistemology and modal metaphysics, and has a strong interest in the philosophy of logic and history of logic. He publishes scholarly articles and translations of significant texts. In 2019-2020 he hosted the LRT Plus TV philosophical talk show “Brandūs pokalbiai”.

Logic is the discipline of analysing the most general principles and norms of correct reasoning, developed in ancient Greece. Over time, it has become closely linked to almost universal standards of rationality. Over more than two thousand years, the content and form of logic have evolved with the changing systems of knowledge and its transmission, and its social and cultural significance has also changed.

This lecture will aim to provide a general overview of the key moments in the development of logic and the contours of its possible continuation, rationality and its significance for human self-understanding and sociability.

The lecture is addressed to the whole educational community.

The lecture will be given in the Meilė Lukšienė Hall, with the possibility of joining remotely.

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The lecture will also be available on the Ministry’s YouTube channel: here