Vilnius University, Faculty of Philology, has launched a new project "Redefining our understanding of being and language. Dialectical Games and Meanings of Being in Antiquity." The Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University is launching in 2024 the project "Redefining our understanding of being and language. Resetting our understanding of being and language. Dialectical games and the meanings of being in Antiquity.) NR. 10-036-T-0011. Dr. Luca Gili from the University of Quebec in Montreal will undertake a 24-month postdoctoral fellowship at Vilnius University under the supervision of Dr. Vilius Bartninkas, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Philology. The fellowship will involve an original research project and researcher qualification.
The aim of the project is to fill a gap in the scholarly literature by broadly exploring dialectical practices in the context of metaphysical debates from Parmenides to Aristotle. Objectives: 1) to investigate the linguistic use of the verb "to be" in the 5th century BC, using modern technology to determine whether there is evidence of existential use of the verb; 2) to explore the possibility of a new reading of Parmenides 8, where the qualification of "to be" is not related to an implicit subject or predicate, but rather to the connection between subject and predicate, thus developing a new interpretation of Parmenides' ontology; 3) to analyse Plato's dialogues on "being" in the light of contemporary debates on language and the errors in the use of the verb "to be"; 4) to explore Aristotle's discovery of the "categories" in the context of dialectical debates on "being"; 5) to organise a seminar on the medieval understanding of "being" in the context of the analysis of dialectical copula.
The project will be implemented within the framework of the 2022-2030 Development Programme Manager of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania, under the Development Programme of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania, under the Progress Measure No.12-001-01-02- 01 "Strengthening the innovation ecosystems in the Science Centres", the activity "Supporting the Science and SME projects awarded the European Commission's quality label and the projects awarded the European Commission's Quality Label and the projects awarded with the European Research Council, the European Research Council, and the Dissemination of Knowledge and the ERA, which received positive marks, but which, due to a shortage of funding, did not receive European Commission financing".
The amount of funds available for the project is €158616.45.
Project implementation period: 1 May 2024 - 30 April 2026
The project is funded by the Economic Recovery and Resilience Plan "New Generation Lithuania".
