TEL-AVIV UNIVERSITY
ADARR (Analyse du discours, Argumentation, Rhétorique)
Departments of French, Philosophy, Political Sciences
PERELMAN AND BEYOND: FROM THE RHETORICAL TRADITION TO ARGUMENTATION STUDIES
January, 7-9, 2008
This conference is organized with the generous help of Dr. Noemi Mattis Perelman, the Louise and Dr. Nahum Barag Lectures on French Culture and Rhetoric, the Chaim Perelman Foundation (Brussels), the Lester and Sally Entin Faculty of Humanities, the Shirley and Leslie Porter School of Cultural Studies, The Gretl and Fred Raymond Extraordinary Chair for International Exchanges in Science.
MONDAY, January 7, Webb Building, Room 001 17.00: Greetings:
Prof. Raanan Rein, Vice-Rector
Mrs. Danielle Del Marmol, Ambassador of Belgium
Introduction: Prof. Ruth Amossy (Tel-Aviv), Dr. Michael Kochin (Tel-Aviv), Prof. Roselyne Koren (Bar-Ilan).
Rhetoric and Argumentation Revisited
Chair: Guy Haarscher (ULB)
17.30-18.15: Michael Leff (Memphis): "Perelman, ad hominem Argument and rhetorical Ethos"
18.15-19.00: Marcelo Dascal (Tel-Aviv): "Between Logic and Eristic: The Pragmatic Dimension of Dialectic Argumentation"
TUESDAY, January 8, Naftali Building, Room 527
Figures of Rhetoric, Argumentation and Discourse
Chair: Nadine Kuperty-Tsur (French, Tel-Aviv)
9.30-10.15: Christian Plantin (CNRS-Lyon-2): "Figures of speech: their structure and function in argumentation theory"
Respondent: Elda Weizmann (Bar-Ilan)
10.15-11.00: Francisca Snoeck Henkemans (Amsterdam): "Manoeuvering Strategically with praeteritio "
Respondent: Sivan Wiesenfeld-Cohen (Tel-Aviv)
11.00-11.30: Coffee Break
Chair: Meir Sternberg (Tel-Aviv)
11.30-12.15: Ruth Amossy (Tel-Aviv): "Rhetoric, Argumentation and Discourse Analysis: A Theory of Argumentation in Discourse"
Respondent: Marianne Doury (CNRS-Paris-3)
12.15: LUNCH BREAK
The Audience: The New Rhetoric and Beyond Chair: Jürgen Siess (U. de Caen, France)
15.15-16.00: Galia Yanoshevsky (Bar-Ilan and Tel-Aviv): " Perelman's Audience Revisited: Towards the Construction of a new Type of Audience?"
Respondent: Ayelet Kohn (David Yellin College)
16.00-16.45: Shai Frogel (Tel-Aviv): "Who is the Addressee of Philosophical Argumentation?"
Respondent: Dana Riesenfeld (Tel-Aviv)
16.45-17.15: Coffee Break
Chair: Michèle Bokobza-Kahan (Tel-Aviv)
17.15-18.00: Emmanuelle Danblon (ULB): "The Notion of Pseudo-Argument in Perelman's Thought"
Respondent: Claire Sukiennik (Bar-Ilan)
18.00-18.45: Zohar Livnat (Bar-Ilan): "The Concept of Scientific Fact"
Respondent: Menashe Schwed (Ashkelon Academic College)
WEDNESDAY, January 9
Morning: Naftali Building, Room 527 Ethics, Politics, and Rhetoric Chair: Gisèle Valency-Slakta (U. de Caen, France)
9.15-10.00: Roselyne Koren (Bar-Ilan): "Can Perelman's New Rhetoric be viewed as an Ethics of Discourse?"
Respondent: Marianne Doury (CNRS- Paris-3)
10.00:10.45: Michael Kochin (Tel-Aviv): "From Argument to Assertion"
Respondent: Eithan Orkibi (Tel-Aviv)
Argumentation and Law
Chair: Roselyne Koren (French, Bar-Ilan)
10.45- 11.30: Benoit Frydman (ULB): "Perelman's Key Role in the History of Legal Argumentation"
Respondent: Sol Azuelos-Atias (Haifa)
11.30-12.15: Guy Haarscher (ULB): "Argumentation and Rhetoric: How the Language of Human Rights is Distorted from Inside"
12.15: LUNCH BREAK
15:00 – 19.15 – IN HEBREW Argumentation and Rhetoric in Learning and Instruction
Gilman Building, Room 282
Chair: Galia Yanoshevsky, Bar-Ilan and Tel-Aviv
15.00-15.45: Yossi Bar (Haifa): "Ways to Succeed in Rhetoric Instruction in Schools and in Academic Institutions"
15.45-16.30- Baruch Schwarz (Hebrew University): "Argumentative Design"
16.30-16.45- Coffee Break
Chair: Michael Weinstock (Ben Gurion)
16.45-17.30- Shoshana Blum-Kulka (Hebrew University):
"The affordances of young children's peer talk discussions for enhancing social and discursive skills"
17.30- 18.15: Amnon Glassner (Ben Gurion and Sapir College):
"The Role of Arguments' Construction, Mapping, and Evaluation in Fostering Literacy skills"
18:15-19.15- Chair: Eyal Chowers (Political Sciences, Tel-Aviv)
Panel: The Culture of Discussion in Israeli Society (with the participation of the audience).
Organizing Committee: Prof. Ruth Amossy and Dr. Galia Yanoshevsky (Coordinators), Dr. Yossi Bar, Dr. Amnon Glassner, Prof. Guy Haarscher, Dr. Michael Kochin, Prof. Roselyne Koren.