Logic National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

Overview

Logic is the science that studies valid reasoning. More specifically, it studies the rules that ensure that if our reasoning starts from true initial assumptions, then it will lead to true conclusions. Logic has been a branch of philosophy since antiquity, but since the 19th century it has also become a branch of mathematics. Nowadays we distinguish between mathematical logic and philosophical logic, but philosophical logic is also developed using largely formal (mathematical) methods.

Key Facts

• History and Philosophy of Logic (M.A.)

• Logic and Foundations of Mathematics (M.Sc.)

• Mathematical Logic (M.Sc.).

The programme is taught by members of the three collaborating institutions (NKUA, the Academy of Athens, and NTUA), as well as by distinguished scholars from other Greek or foreign institutions.

The programme “Logic” accepts graduates from many departments and faculties who are interested in entering the broad, interdisciplinary research field of logic either for scientific or professional reasons. In particular, the programme “Logic”, on the one hand, prepares those intending to carry out doctoral research in logic or related branches of mathematics or philosophy and, on the other, initiates anyone interested into an understanding of the evaluation of arguments. Arguments are encountered in education and research, but also in various forms of private and public life (courts, boards of directors, health science ethics, negotiations, etc.). Thus, knowledge of logic is useful in all those fields, but also in any other area that requires skills for analytic and synthetic thought.

Accreditation

The programme has been accredited by the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE).