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MIND AND LANGUAGE 2025
From 14 to 21 March 2025 the Indological Society «Luigi Pio Tessitori» and the Department of Languages, Communication, Education and Society of the University of Udine organised the first edition of Mind and Language in the Indian and European Thought at the headquarters of the Fondazione Friuli in Udine.
The conference took place over two days. The first day explored the Sanskrit language, the pioneers of Indology, and the emergence of European linguistics. The second day focused on the role of rationality and intuition in Western and Indian philosophical systems. The relationship between intellect and intuition is a topic that belongs to the dimension of interculturality and represents a privileged point of reference in the research carried out within the framework of the project dedicated to Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan.
PROGRAM
Mario Turello, Writer and literary critic
Elements of Sanskrit Language in Athanasius Kircher’s China Illustrata
Fausto Freschi, Indological Society «Luigi Pio Tessitori»
The Pioneers of European Indology
Angelo Variano, University of Udine
The Birth of European Linguistics
Antonio Rigopoulos, Ca’ Foscari University Venice
Classical Sanskrit and Pāṇini’s Grammar
Brunello Lotti, University of Udine
Intuition and Intellect in Western Philosophy
Giuliano Boccali, Italian Association of Sanskrit Studies
The Means of Valid Knowledge in Indian Philosophies
Fausto Freschi, Indological Society «Luigi Pio Tessitori»
S.R. Ranganathan and the Spiral of the Scientific Method
Antonio Rigopoulos, Ca’ Foscari University Venice
The Role of the Intellect in Indian Philosophical Systems: On the Concept of Experience