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SUMMARY:The Language of Being\, the Language of Nature: Parmenides and His Reception
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LOCATION:R. Monte Alegre\, 1024 \, São Paulo\, Brazil\, 05014-001
DESCRIPTION:<p>The international conference "The Language of Being\, the Language of Nature: Parmenides and His Receptions" invites researchers to submit their papers for presentation at the event\, which will be held from September 29 to October 2\, 2025 at the Pontifical Catholic University of S&atilde\;o Paulo (PUC-SP)\, in a hybrid format.</p>\n<p>Parmenides is not just the first thinker to ever consider the notion of being in itself in Greek thought. He also associates this Being with a specific kind of knowledge (<em>Aletheia</em>) and a specific &ldquo\;persuasive&rdquo\; language that would account for it. Indeed\, his poem constitutes our first document in the philosophical tradition that presents deductive arguments in Greek philosophy. This innovation explains why several critics consider Parmenides to be either the first philosopher\, if one defines philosophy by its use of a certain kind of argument\, or at least the one who gave philosophy a new starting point. However\, Parmenides&rsquo\; language is not entirely innovative\, both because of his use of epic hexameters and style and because of the physical description of the world that follows the examination of being\, which is similar to what we may find in previous Pre-Socratic thought.</p>\n<p>For a long time\, the studies on Parmenides and his reception have focused almost exclusively on the question of being itself and its nature. In this conference\, we intend to concentrate on Parmenides&rsquo\; language\, in all its dimensions (stylistic\, argumentative\, rhetorical\, predicative&hellip\;). Our aim is to see both how this approach may bring new perspectives on much-discussed issues like the relationship between Being and Nature\, Truth and Opinions\, and how Parmenides&rsquo\; kind of reasoning shaped the language that philosophy\, in particular ontology or metaphysics\, used in later thought\, which includes Parmenides&rsquo\; immediate successors up to late Antiquity.</p>\n<p><strong>Confirmed</strong>&nbsp\;<strong>speakers</strong></p>\n<p>Alberto Bernab&eacute\;</p>\n<p>Bernardo Berruecos</p>\n<p>G&aacute\;bor Betegh</p>\n<p>Nestor Cordero</p>\n<p>Gabriele Cornelli</p>\n<p>Nicola Galgano</p>\n<p>Andr&eacute\; Laks</p>\n<p>Arnaud Mac&eacute\;</p>\n<p>Maur&iacute\;cio Marsola</p>\n<p>Miriam Peixoto</p>\n<p>Barbara Sattler</p>\n<p>Stephen White</p>\n<p><strong>Organizers</strong></p>\n<p>Bruno Conte (Pontif&iacute\;cia Universidade Cat&oacute\;lica de S&atilde\;o Paulo)</p>\n<p>Mathilde Br&eacute\;mond (Universit&eacute\; Clermont Auvergne)</p>\n<p>Liliana Carolina S&aacute\;nchez Castro (Universidad Nacional de Colombia)</p>\n<p>Pedro Garcia Dotto (Pontif&iacute\;cia Universidade Cat&oacute\;lica de S&atilde\;o Paulo)</p>\n<p><strong>Sponsorship</strong></p>\n<p>Capes</p>\n<p><strong>Submission Guidelines:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abstracts should be 500 words or less.</li>\n<li>Submissions can be made in English\, French\, Portuguese\, or Spanish. The abstract should be submitted in English or in the author's native language\, and an English version should be accompanied.</li>\n<li>The deadline for submission is February 28\, 2025.</li>\n<li>Submissions should be made on the following page: https://eventos.pucsp.br/evento/login?evento=parmenides-sp&amp\;lang=en&nbsp\;</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Topics of Interest:</strong></p>\n<ul>\n<li>Antecedents to Parmenides&rsquo\; language\;</li>\n<li>The stylistic aspects of Parmenides&rsquo\; language in all parts of his poem\;</li>\n<li>The relationship between Parmenides&rsquo\; physical discourse and the one from his Pre-Socratic predecessors\;</li>\n<li>The development of deductive reasoning in Parmenides&rsquo\; poem and its reception\;</li>\n<li>The logic of predication in Parmenides&rsquo\; thought and its reception\;</li>\n<li>The distinction between the language of <em>aletheia</em>\, <em>doxai</em>\, and physics in Parmenides&rsquo\; poem and its reception\;</li>\n<li>The use\, reappropriation\, and criticism of Parmenides&rsquo\; deductive arguments</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Papers will be reviewed by an international committee of experts\, and selected authors will be notified by early May 2025. We encourage the participation of both national and international researchers to foster a rich and interdisciplinary dialogue.&nbsp\;</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Bruno Conte;CN="Mathilde Brémond";CN="Liliana Carolina Sánchez Castro";CN=Pedro Dotto:
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