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CFP: Dialectic in Aristotle's LogicPlace: Faculty of Philosophy - University of Groningen (Oude Boteringestraat 52, Groningen)Dates: September 2-4 2013Aristotle’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 andSophistical 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 interaction such as dialectic as the founding concept.Confirmed speakers    Luca Castagnoli (Durham)    Marko Malink (Chicago)    Mathieu Marion (UQAM, Montreal)    Ana Maria Mora (Copenhagen)    Carrie Swanson (Bloomington)    Paul Thom (Sydney)    Matthew Duncombe (Groningen)    Catarina Dutilh Novaes (Groningen)Call for PapersWe will have a number of slots for contributed papers. Contributions may address the following themes, among others:          The pragmatic context of Aristotle’s syllogistic          Game-theoretic construals of Aristotle’s logic          Aristotle’s account of fallacies           Dialectic in the Organon (including the Categoriesand On Interpretation)     Dialogical readings of Aristotle's logic by ancient and (Latin and Arabic) medieval commentatorsWe invite submissions from scholars at all levels (graduate students, junior and senior researchers).Please submit abstracts of up to 1000 words (in PDF format) by March 15th 2013 to rootsofdeduction 'at' gmail.comAbstracts should be prepared for blind review.Notification of acceptance will be sent by April 15th.For further details, please see:https://sites.google.com/site/therootsofdeduction/conference-dialectic-in-aristotle-s-logic