Bariloche International Colloquia of Philosophy
In 1992, the Bariloche Foundation Philosophy Program started a biennial series called Bariloche International Colloquia of Philosophy. These Colloquia have always been sponsored by the most important philosophical societies in Argentina (Asociación Filosófica Argentina, Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Filosófico, Centro de Investigaciones Filosóficas) and by the Philosophy Departments and Institutes of Buenos Aires University, Cordoba National University, La Plata National University and Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. They have also received the support of UNESCO, and at present, they are part of the activities of the UNESCO Philosophy Chair, led by Oscar Nudler. Several governmental and non-governmental organizations have also supported this activity, as has been the case with the International Council of Philosophy and Human Sciences (Paris), CONICET, FONCYT, Fundación Antorchas, etc. Renowned researchers from Argentina, Latin America (mainly Brazil and Mexico), the United States and Canada, as well as from Europe (particularly Spain, France and Italy) took part in the successive editions of this series. There is an Academic Advisory Committee made up of renowned researchers and chaired by Prof. G. Klimovsky, as well as an Organizing Committee comprising researchers with an important academic tradition.
Among the results so far are a set of books published by well-known editorial houses, such as Paidós, Cento Editor de America Latina, Biblos, UNAM, etc. Each of these books contains a selection of the research work presented at the different meetings. Besides their effect on the philosophical community, the Colloquia have had a significant cultural impact, especially through their dissemination by the regional and national media.
Each of the Bariloche International Colloquia of Philosophy was structured around a focal issue, which prompted contributions from different philosophical areas and traditions. Colloquia I and II focused on the topic of Rationality regarding science and other fields. Colloquia III and IV focused on Philosophy Today, with a discussion of the state-of-the-art and the perspectives regarding the main philosophical problems. In Colloquium V, the main topic was Philosophy and History of Science. Colloquium VI focused on Ontology as a philosophical discipline and as the foundation of scientific theories, ethic, political and esthetic doctrines, etc. Colloquium VII focused on Change: its Nature and Modalities. The topic of change was approached from different perspectives: metaphysical, epistemological, scientific, moral, political, esthetic. In Colloquium VIII the main topic was Language and Philosophy. Problems related to philosophical semantics and pragmatics were discussed here, as well as the relevance of the linguistic turn and aspects of language in relation to several disciplines.
I Coloquium
18 - 20 August, 1992
Forty eight researchers from Argentina and abroad took part in it, and forty papers were presented. A selection of this work, revised by its authors in the light of the debate held at the Colloquium, was later published as Nudler & G. Klimovsky (eds.), La Racionalidad en Debate, Centro Editor de America Latina, Buenos Aires, 1993 (two books).
II Coloquium
30 June – 2 July, 1994
Sixty researchers took from Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Spain and the United Status took part in it. Some of the qualified speakers on this occasion were Professors E. Sosa (Brown University), O. Porchat (San Pablo University), F. Broncano (Salamanca University), C. Alchourrón, E. de Olaso (Buenos Aires University), etc. There were a hundred and twenty nine participants, and ninety five papers were presented, an important percentage of which were by young researchers. A selection of these was published as O. Nucler (ed.): La Racionalidad: su Poder y sus Límites, Paidós, Barcelona, 1996.
III Coloquium
19 - 31 August, 1996
More than a hundred and fifty speakers took part in this event, twenty seven of whom were visiting professors from abroad. Some of them were Professors J. Biro (University of Florida), M. Dascal (Tel Aviv University), Q. Racionero (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), A. Garry and R. Gómez (California State University), T. Merricks (University of Virginia), P. Vermeren (Paris VIII University), etc.
IV Coloquium
25 - 27 June, 1998
There were eighty two presentations on this occasion, in the form of conferences, papers, communications and round tables, and a hundred and seventy five participants. Prof. J. Searle (California University) took part in this event, as well as other distinguished foreign professors, among whom were J. Lennox (University of Pittsburgh), T. Tóth (Budapest University), A. Forestier (Picardie University, France), E. Tassin (Paris IX University), B. Glymour (University of Kansas), A. Hajek (Caltech, Pasadena), R. de Andrade Martins (Campinas University, Brazil). A selection of the papers presented in Colloquia III and IV, compiled by O. Nudler and F. Naishtat, was published in 2003 by Biblos, Buenos Aires, entitled El Filosofar Hoy.
V Coloquium
28 - 30 June, 2000
This instance took place following the IV Meeting of Fellows, organized by the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, and it was co-organized by such Center and the Bariloche Foundation Philosophy Program. There were a hundred and thirty five presentations and a hundred and ninety two participants on this occasion. Among the latter were Professors N. Rescher and K. Manders (University of Pittsburgh), R. George (Watterloo University), J. Forge (Griffith University), P. Parrini (Florence University), J. Wolensky (Jagiellonian University, Poland), R. Wojcicki (Polish Science Academy), M. Cruz and M. García Carpintero (Barcelona University), J. A. Robles, L. Benítez (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico), etc. A large number of young researchers also took part in the event, among them a significant number of students of the Philosophy and History of Sciences Masters’ course of Comahue National University. Several of the papers presented at this meeting were published in the Revista Patagónica de Filosofía, Year 2, Vol. 2, No. 1.
VI Coloquium
18 - 20 September, 2002
There were a hundred and seven presentations on this occasion, in the form of conferences, round tables and papers. Among the participants were Professors H. Hochberg (University of Texas), J. Díez (Tarragona Univesity), G. Rodriguez Pereyra (Oxford University), etc. Students and graduates of the Comahue National University History and Philosophy of Science Masters’ course also participated in the event. A selection of the papers presented here is currently being printed as O. Nudler and G. Hurtado (compilers), El Mobiliario del Mundo. Ensayos de Ontología y Metafísica, UNAM Ed., Mexico.
VII Coloquium
22 - 24 September, 2004
There were a hundred and eighty presentations, including conferences, round tables and papers. Professors L. Benítez, J. A. Robles and A. R. Pérez Ransanz (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico), R. Gómez (California State University), A. Ibarra (País Vasco University), R. Aramayo and C. Roldán (CSIC Institute of Philosophy, Spain), M. Sabatés (Kansas State University), J. M. Navarro Cordón and A. Rivadulla (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Q. Racionero (UNED – Spain), D. McDermid (Trent University), J. Díez (Universitat Rovira i Virgili), J. Falguera (Santiago de Compostela University), I. Kaltchev (Association of Philosophers of South Eastern Europe) and M. Cruz (Barcelona University) took part in the event. A selection of the papers presented here will be published in a volume currently being compiled with the title Cambio Climático e Inconmesurabilidad.
VIII Coloquium
20 - 22 September, 2006
This meeting was attended by two hundred and fifty seven researchers, professors and graduates from Argentina and several Latin American and European countries. Among the latter were B. Clément (Paris VIII University, and president of the Collège International de Philosophie), F. Gauthier (Paris VII University), J.Y. Beziau (Neuchâtel University), J. Muguerza, E. Bustos, Q. Racionero, L. Vega Reñón and F, Álvarez (UNED), J. M. Navarro Cordón, L. Fernández Moreno and A. Rivadulla (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), J. Ordoñez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), A.M. Faerna (University of Castilla-La Mancha), M. Pérez Otero and A. Domènech (Barcelona University), E. Pérez Sedeño (CSIC, Institute of Philosophy) J. Mahoney (University of Kansas), D. Macbeth (Haverford College), A. R. Pérez Ransanz, S. Martínez, M. Gómez Torrente, L. Benítez and M. Aguilar Rivero (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México), P. Abrantes (Brasilia University), A. Leclerc (Universidad Federal de Paraíba), D. Krause (Universidad of Santa Catarina).
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