By Kylian Galtier / Staff Writer

Dr. Gerardo Acay, professor of political science and public administration at Missouri Valley College since 1990, will present a paper this summer in Rome at the 22^nd International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities.

Acay has presented many papers in different conferences during his career, in national (mostly New-York) and international conferences (London, Prague, etc.). His last one was in March 2019, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

This year, he presented a proposal who has been accepted by the Review Committee of the 22nd International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. The Conference will take place at Sapienza University of Rome from June 26 to 28. Founded in 2003, this international conference is annual.

Acay will present there a paper titled “The Logic Of Arguments In The Humanities: A Philosophical Inquiry.”

This paper as for goal to show the structure of arguments that is used or displayed in Humanities and in Social Sciences

“In the humanities we do not need the concept of rationality, we need the concept of being reasonable,” he said. “We do not have an algorithm or a decision procedure. In Humanities the best we can do is to employ the concept of being reasonable in the process of discussion.”

Going to this conference is a way for Acay to represent Missouri Valley College and for him this is something important.

“It means a lot, this is my second home, this is home to me, from the academic point of view,” he said. “This is my college and representing it in international conferences is significant and meaningful to me.”