CFP: Argumentation and Truth

[Teun A. van Dijk]

International Pragmatics Association Conference, 10-15 July, 2005, Riva del
Garda, Italy

We are soliciting papers for an special topic panel on

                                    Argumentation & Truth

for the upcoming 9th IPrA conference, Pragmatics and Philosophy.

Work is invited from all disciplinary perspectives on any intersection
between pragmatics and argumentation, and especially on the panel theme,
including:

- truth and the premises of argument;

- truth-creation as a function of argument;

- the genesis, extent and role of obligations of truthfulness in the
argumentative process;

- the interrelationship of theories of argument to theories of truth;

- treatments of truth and truthfulness in the history of argumentation
theory;

- the interrelationship of rhetoric to argumentation;

- the role of truth in persuasion

- the role of truth in multi-modal argumentation.

For full details about the conference, see the IPrA website at:

http://ipra-www.uia.ac.be/ipra/

Please note that papers accepted by the panel organizers will receive a
second review by the conference organizers.  IPrA membership is required at
the time of submission to the conference.

Email abstracts (500 word max) plus complete contact information by 1
September, 2004 to either of the panel organizers:



Igor Z. Zagar
Jean Goodwin

Professor
Assistant Professor

Educational Research Institute
Iowa State University

igor.zagar at guest.arnes.si
goodwin at iastate.edu

   www.igorzagar.net



Igor Z. Zagar, Ph.D.
Professor
Educational Research Institute
Gerbiceva 62
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
Phone: (+386 1) 4201 265
Fax: (+386 1) 4201 266
E-mail: igor.zagar at guest.arnes.si
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