Logic and Heresy in the Middle Ages
Call for Papers
Leeds Medieval Congress 2009
13 - 16 July
In 2009, to commemorate the 800th anniversary of
the launch of the Albigensian Crusade, the
International Medieval Congress has the special
thematic focus Heresy and Orthodoxy.
The IMC solicits proposals for both individual
papers and for groups of papers forming thematic
sessions. We are planning to submit a proposal
for the inclusion in the Congress of a session on
logic and heresy in the Middle Ages. For this,
abstracts/paper proposals are now being solicited.
Some questions which we hope to address in this
session include, but are not limited to:
- What role did the church and question of
orthodoxy have on the development of logic in
the Middle Ages?
- How did prohibitions restrict the dissemination
of logical texts and developments?
- Are there heresies which are specifically
logical, rather than just more broadly
philosophical?
- What references do logicians make to orthodoxy
and to heresy in their arguments?
1 page abstracts for papers on any of these
topics should be submitted to Sara L. Uckelman
at S.L.Uckelman@uva.nl by 1 September 2008. We
also encourage historical submissions discussing
condemnations of certain logicians, logical texts,
or logical theories, and any other topic which
touches on aspects of logic and heresy.
Authors will be notified whether their paper has
been selected for inclusion in the session proposal
by 15 September 2008. Note that papers will only
be selected for inclusion in the session proposal;
the final decision of the inclusion of the session
rests with the Congress organizers and will be
announced sometime in early November 2008.
For more information about the Leeds Medieval
Congress, see http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/index.html.
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