Organiser: Dr. Houman Mehrabian, University Canada West
Keynote: Dr. Alfred Hermida, University of British Columbia: The New Pantheon: Believing Through Omnipresent, Omniscient, and Omnipotent AI
Artificial intelligence has become an unavoidable part of everyday life, and it is (directly and indirectly) determining how we produce and consume information, make decisions, and even form beliefs. Many now turn to this technology for answers that were previously provided by religious traditions, recognized scholars, or trusted media sources. For many, AI has begun to operate as a secular oracle. In this context, it is important that we rethink our ways of knowing as they become increasingly governed by algorithmic systems. This session invites papers that investigate what becomes of truth, authority, and belief when the conditions of knowing are mediated by artificial intelligence.
Questions to consider include, but are not limited to, the following:
Seattle University
Is the Ontological Argument Worthless? A Neoclassical (Process) Theistic Response
University of British Columbia
The New Pantheon: Believing Through Omnipresent, Omniscient, and Omnipotent AI
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota
This is my body, This is my blood: paraconsistency, identity, and the logical problem of the Eucharist
Claremont School of Theology
The Logics of Infinity and Inclusion: Rāmānuja, Śaṅkara, and Contemporary Panentheism
Methexis Institute, Austin, Texas
Origen Against Paradox: A Theological Analysis of the Liar's Paradox in Titus 1:12
The institutional organizer of 5th World Congress on Logic and Religion is the Logic and Religion Association.
The local Institutional Organiser is the University of Canada West, Vancouver. The event is co-organised by the Simon Fraser University.
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The programme of the congress will be available in July 2026.
The conference will be held in different locations at the Simon Fraser University - Vancouver (580 W Hastings Street),
at the University Canada West - Vancouver (626 West Pender Street),
and at the University British Columbia - Vancouver (Robson Square Theatre - 800 Robson St.).
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