Philosophy of Religion: Creation, Creativity, and the Logic of Religious Discourse

Workshop Organized by Fábio Bertato and Nicola Salvatore, UNICAMP: State University of Campinas, SP, Brazil

In this workshop, we aim to address a number of interdependent questions at the intersection between Logic and Philosophy of Religion.

In particular, we aim to cast light on the nature, the logic and the internal coherence of religious discourse, and especially of the notions of Creation.


KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Emeritus Bishop of the Archdiocese of St Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro

SCHEDULE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, MORNING

- 9h30 9h15 Presentation of the Workshop

- 9h45 10h30 KEYNOTE TALK Karl Josef Romer (Bispo titular de Columnata, Igreja Católica), "Diálogo entre Filosofia e Teologia"

- 10h30 11h00 Matheus Monteiro, "Relação entre o criador eterno e as criaturas temporais"

- 11h00 11h30 COFFEE BREAK

- 11h30 12h00 Renato José de Moraes (Universidade Católica de Petrópolis, Brasil), "Crítica de Anthony Kenny às vias de Tomás de Aquino para a existência de Deus"

- 12h00 12h30 Marcin Trepczyński (University of Warsaw, Poland), "Philosophical and logical creativity in medieval theology: Stephen Langton and others"

- 12h30 13h00 Itala M. Loffredo D’Ottaviano (UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil), "Systemic Thinking"

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, AFTERNOON

- 14h30 15h00 Ricardo Sousa Silvestre (UFCG, Campina Grande, Brazil), "The Rationality of Theist Belief and the Plausibility of the Concept of God"

- 15h00 15h30 Gesiel Borges da Silva, "Evil, creativity, and free will"

- 15h30 16h00 Nicola Claudio Salvatore (University of the Rio dos Sinos Valley, São Leopoldo, Brazil and UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil), "Skeptical Theism and the Problem of Evil"

- 16h00 16h30 COFFEE BREAK

- 16h30 17h00 Michael Scott, "The Logic of Faith Discourse"

- 17h00 17h30 Fabio Bertato (UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil), "Sketch for a Formal Natural Theology"

CALL FOR PAPERS. WE INVITE SUBMISSIONS OF PROPOSALS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO:

- Are the attributes of the God of Classical Theism logically consistent?

- Is the Theistic account of creation ex nihilo tenable?

- What is the logic of religious discourse?

- Are there plausible arguments to support the existence of the God Creator of Classical Theism?

- Is creativity a virtue?

- Is Paraconsistent Logic applicable to the Philosophy of Religion?

Contributions connected to the Big Questions contemplated by the Templeton Project “Formal Approaches to Philosophy of Religion and Analytic Theology” are welcome.

Please, see: https://www.templeton.org/pt/grant/formal-approaches-to-philosophy-of-religion-and-analytic-theology

Papers should be prepared for blind review and suitable for a 30 minutes presentation (including discussion).

SEND A ONE PAGE ABSTRACT TO fmbertato@cle.unicamp.br BY NOVEMBER 15, 2019.