Dialectic and Aristotle's Logic

Aristotle’s logic is often treated as though it falls into two quite distinct parts: the deductive syllogistic system, discussed in the Prior and Posterior Analytics and the dialectical system, discussed in the Topics and Sophistical Refutations. Each of these parts has received sustained, independent attention: logicians have done much to articulate the structure of Aristotle’s syllogistic, while commentators have seen Aristotle’s dialectic as key to his whole philosophical enterprise.   

This conference aims to examine the (putative) dialectical grounding for Aristotle’s logical theories in general (in particular, but not exclusively, syllogistic), and thus to emphasize the coherence and continuity of his logical writings by taking multi-agent dialogical interactions such as dialectic as the founding concept.  

SPEAKERS AND TITLES
Ana Maria Mora: Medieval dialectical readings of Aristotle's De interpretatione

Luca Castagnoli: Aristotle on the Non-Cause Fallacy

Marko Malink: Deduction in Aristotle's Topics and Prior Analytics C

arrie Swanson: Aristotle on the Critique of an Argument In Itself vs. As Asked (Topics VIII 161b19-33)

Paul Thom: Robert Kilwardby on the dialectical syllogism

Mathieu Marion: Aristotle on dialectic: a reassessment

Benoit Castelnerac: Meaning and Use of Adunaton in the Analytica Priora

Catarina Dutilh Novaes: Aristotle's logic and the 'built-in opponent' hypothesis

Matthew Duncombe: What does 'follows by necessity' mean in Aristotle's definition(s) of deduction?

Leone Gazziero: Dialectic in Aristotle’s Categories. General assessment and a case study

Valentina Di Lascio: Aristotle's conception of Sophistical argument in the Sophistical Refutations.

David Botting: The identity of refutations and proofs, of arguments and explanations

David Merry: Aristotle's lonely philosopher: Reading the Topics without Dialogues

Margaret Cameron: Dialectical Methods in 12th century logic classes  

Leon Geerdink: Construing the Syllogistics as a game

Contact: rootsofdeduction 'at' gmail.com 

Registration is now open for the conference 'Dialectic and Aristotle's Logic', taking place in Groningen (NL), 2-4 September 2013. To register, send an email to rootsofdeduction 'at' gmail 'dot' com, with 'Registration' as subject. 
The registration fee is EUR 30 (regular) / EUR 20 (students and unemployed), to be paid on the spot. For further information, see: