:: Events :: The Conference on Presumptions, Presumptive Inferences and Burden of Proof is set for April 26-28, at the University of Granada. Keynote speakers feature Douglas Walton (Windsor).
Regular conference fee: 150 Euro.
There are a limited number of fee weavers – 50% off the regular conference fee (75 Euro) — for PhD students. The fee weavers are offered on competitive basis. More info on the website.
Tuesday, 26
9:15 – 11:00 – Opening session
Keynote speaker: Prof. Douglas Walton
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
Persistent questions in the law of presumptions : R. Gama Leyva
Presumptions and interpretation. Assessing ambiguity in defamation law : F. Macagno
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Presumptions and argumentation schemes: The case of policy debates : J. Wagemans, J.A. van Laar
Presumptions and the burden of proof in the argumentative exercise of political accountability : D. Mohammed
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00
The Burden of Proof in Philosophical Persuasion Dialogue : C. Rhode
Evidence, defeasibility and dialectical shift: Commentary on Walton’s notion of presumption : P. Bodlović
Wednesday, 27
9:30 – 11:00
Keynote speaker: Prof. Hans Hansen
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
Presumption as a speech act rule : A. Bobrova
Presumptions in speech acts : C. Corredor
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Charity, acceptability and conversation: Argumentation theory without presumptions? : M. Lewiński
Fallacies and the presumption of cooperativeness : A. Moldovan
16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee break
16:30 – 18:00
Towards an informal logic of presumptive inference : D. Godden
Presumptions and presumptive inferences : L. Bermejo-Luque
Thursday, 28
9:30 – 11:00
Keynote speaker: Prof. Fred Kauffeld
11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00
Entangling presumptions & the force of the better argument : G.T. Goodnight
Presumptions, assumptions, and presuppositions of ordinary arguments : G. Plumer
13:00 – 14:30 – Lunch
14:30 – 16:00 – Closing session
Keynote speaker: Prof. James Freeman
Tarello Institute for Legal Philosophy 