in 1953, exactly 50 years ago to this day, the first volume of studia logica appeared under the auspices of the philosophical committee of the polish academy of sciences. now, five decades later the present volume is dedicated to a celebration of this 50th anniversary of studia logica. the volume features a series of papers by distinguished scholars reflecting both the aim and scope of this journal for symbolic logic. the anniversary volume offers contributions from j. van benthem, w. buszkowski, m.l. dalla chiara, m. fitting, j.m. font, r. giuntini, r. goldblatt, v. marra, d. mundici, r. leporini, s.p. odintsov, h. ono, g. priest, h. wansing, v.r. wojcicki and j. zygmunt.