Programme

(All sessions of the International Colloquium will take place in Amphitheatre V: 6th floor of the Faculty of Letters.)

FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2013

08:30 Reception of participants and distribution of background documents

09:00 Opening of the International Colloquium by the academic autorities

SESSION 1

Chair: António Manuel Martins (University of Coimbra)

09:15 – 10:15

Douglas N. Walton (University of Windsor, Canada):

• Argumentation schemes for argument from analogy

10:15 – 11:05

Fabrizio Macagno (New University of Lisbon, Portugal):

• Analogies and definitions

(Coffee break)

11:20 – 12:10

Marianne Doury (University of Paris I, France):

• How to make figures talk. Comparative argument in TV election night specials

12:10 – 13:00

Eugen Fischer (University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom):

• Messing up the mind? Analogical reasoning with metaphors

(Lunch)

SESSION 2

Chair: Henrique Jales Ribeiro (University of Coimbra)

14:30 -15:30

Frans van Eemeren / Bart Garssen (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands):

• Argumentation by analogy in stereotypical argumentative patterns

15:30 – 16:20

Jan Albert van Laar (University of Groningen, The Netherlands):

• Challenging arguments from analogy

16:20 – 17:10

André Juthe (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands):

• A comprehensive classification of arguments by analogy

(Coffee break)

17:25 – 18:15

Rosalice Pinto (New University of Lisbon, Portugal):

• Analogical argumentation in text genres: Empirical studies

18:15 – 19:05

Paula Olmos (National Distance Educacion University, Spain):

• Classical fables as arguments: Narration and analogy

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2013

SESSION 3

Chair: António Manuel Martins (University of Coimbra)

09:00 – 10:00

Lilian Bermejo Luque (University of Granada, Spain):

• Moral analogical argumentation

10:00 – 10:50

Christian J. Feldbacher (University of Innsbruck, Austria):

• Analogies in scientific explanations

(Coffee break)

11:05 - 11:55

Nino Guallart Forés (University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain):

• Analogical reasoning in clinical practice

11:55 – 12:45

Pete Morriss (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland):

• Casuistry and chess: On when we can wisely reason by analogy

(Lunch)

SESSION 4

Chair: Edmundo Balsemão Pires (University of Coimbra)

14:30 – 15:20

Damiano Canale & Giovanni Tuset (Bocconi University, Italy):

• Analogical reasoning and extensive interpretation

15:20 – 16:10

Giovanni Damele (New University of Lisbon, Portugal):

• Analogia legis and analogia iuris: A comparison from a rhetorical perspective

(Coffee break)

16:25 – 17:15

Margareth Sandvik (Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway):

• Analogy in political argumentation

17:15 – 18:05

Henrique Jales Ribeiro (University of Coimbra, Portugal):

• The role of analogy in philosophy

18:10 Closing of the International Colloquium: «Porto de Honra»