2008
May 17-20,
2008
The Promise of Reason:
The New Rhetoric after 50 Years
at the University of Oregon
May 17-20, 2008
Conference Features and Speakers
Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca published La Nouvelle
Rhétorique: Traité de l’Argumentation in 1958, a work that has since
come to represent the revival of rhetoric and its reintegration with
philosophy in the twentieth century. The influence of this work is felt in
rhetoric, philosophy, jurisprudence, communication studies, critical theory,
and the newer disciplines of argumentation and informal reasoning.
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the appearance of this work,
plans are underway to host an international conference on The New
Rhetoric
at the University of Oregon
May 17-20, 2008
Conference Features and Speakers
Features of the Conference:
- Keynote addresses by major argumentation and rhetoric scholars
- An open call for papers for concurrent sessions
- The Contrarian Forum, a public debate with responses from conference
speakers on "What makes a good public debate?"
- New work on Perelman’s life
- Banquet address by Chaim Perelman's daughter, Noemi Mattis Perelman
- Master classes in which graduate and undergraduate students will get
responses to their research from the keynote speakers.
- Competitive undergraduate student scholarships
- Organized outings to experience Oregon’s pleasures: rafting,
wine-tasting, among others
- Proximity to the Rhetoric
Society of America’s annual conference in Seattle, Washington, May
23-26, 2008
Featured speakers at the Promise of Reason Conference will include:
- Jeanne Fahnestock, University of Maryland
- Alan G. Gross, University of Minnesota
- Michael C. Leff, University of Memphis
- Noemi Mattis Perelman
- Francis J. Mootz III, Dickinson School of Law, Pennsylvania State
University
- Christopher W. Tindale, University of Windsor
- Barbara Warnick, University of Pittsburgh
Northwest Christian College
Registration Information
To register for the conference go to
Registration
Website and follow the link to the registration site. From there,
follow the instructions for registering online. The online registration
process requires payment directly by credit card or through a PayPal site.
If you prefer to register off line, please send a check or money order (in
U.S. dollars) made payable to “University of Oregon/English Department” and
your name, address, affiliation, paper title (if applicable), phone number
and email address to: Teresa Coronado, 1286 University of Oregon, English
Department, Eugene, OR 97403 USA. Email acknowledgment and a receipt will be
sent on the arrival of your payment.
The conference registration fee includes the cost of an
opening reception, the opening banquet featuring Noemi Mattis Perelman and
catered lunches for two days of the conference.
Registration fees before April 17, 2008:
Faculty -- $185 ($135 without banquet and
lunches)
Graduate Students -- $135 ($85 without
banquet and lunches)
Undergraduate Students -- $125 ($75 without
banquet and lunches)
Online registration will close on April 17, 2008.
Registration can be made on-site with the changes in fees as follows:
Faculty -- $235 ($185 without banquet and
lunches)
Graduate Students -- $185 ($135 without
banquet and lunches)
Undergraduate Students -- $150 ($100
without banquet and lunches)
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3rd TOKYO CONFERENCE ON
ARGUMENTATION
Argumentation, the Law & Justice
August 8-10, 2008
Keynote Speakers
David B. Hingstman, JD and PhD
University of Iowa
Japanese Keynote Speaker To Be Announced
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Information |
The 3rd Tokyo Conference on Argumentation will be held August 8-10,
2008, in Tokyo, Japan. The conference is sponsored by the Japan Debate
Association (JDA). The conference is designed to encourage exchanges of
views on the theory, practice and instruction of argumentation across
the disciplines. Presentations related to the convention theme
"Argumentation, the Law & Justice" are encouraged, but proposals are not
restricted to it. Potential topics of interest include: argumentation
and rhetoric, forensic pedagogy, the philosophy and psychology of
reasoning, practical studies, and studies of historical argumentative
texts. Qualified papers will appear in our Proceedings to be distributed
at the Conference.
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AILACT Group Sessions at the APA Pacific Division,
March 19-23, 2008
Session: Critical Thinking: Testing and
Evaluation
Date and Time: Friday, March 21, 8:00-10:00 pm
Place: TBA
Chair: Wanda Teays, Mount St. Mary's College
Speakers: Robert H. Ennis, University of Illinois UC
(Emeritus), "A Summary and Discussion of 'Nationwide Testing of Critical
Thinking for Higher Education: Vigilance Required' (Teaching Philosophy,
March, 2008)”
Michael Scriven, Claremont Graduate University (Psychology),"The
Logic of Evaluation"
Session: Critical Thinking and Contemporary
Critiques of Religion
Date and Time: Saturday, March 22, 6:00-8:00 pm
Place: TBA
Chair: Darin Dockstader, The College of Southern Nevada
Speakers: Jerry Cederblom, University of Nebraska Omaha, "Critical
Reasoning, Belief, and Religious Faith."
Donald L. Hatcher, Baker University, "Critical Thinking and Religion: The
Ethics of Belief Revisited."
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Group Session at APA Central Division, April 2008
Panel Discussions on Issues in Informal Logic
Pedagogy
Date and Time: Friday, April 18, 2008, 7:00-10:00 pm
Place: Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Meeting Room TBA
Chair: Kevin Possin (Winona State University)
Topic: Computer-Assisted Argument Mapping
Panelists: Maralee Harrell (Carnegie Mellon University), Andrew Norman
(Carnegie Mellon University), Douglas Walton (University of Winnipeg), Mark
Daly (California State University, Northbridge), Claudia Alvarez Ortiz
(University of Melbourne)
Topic: The Perils and Promises of Teaching Critical Thinking Online
Panelists: Geoffrey Frasz (College of Southern Nevada), Jerry Voltura
(University of Alaska, Anchorage), Michael Malone (Northern Arizona
University), David Hitchcock (McMaster University)
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