24-26 Sep 2010
Aberdeen, Scotland
2010 Logic and Language Conference Aberdeen, Friday 24th September Sunday 26th September, 2010 University of Aberdeen, Northern Institute of Philosophy The registration web site: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/philosophy/nip/ll2010/registration.php The 2010 Logic and Language Conference is the first of a series of conferences co-organized by the Northern Institute of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen, and by the Centre for Logic and Language of the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Staged every two years, alternating location between Aberdeen and London, this workshop aims at resurrecting the traditional UK Logic and Language conference series and at becoming a prominent feature in the British philosophical calendar. The Conference is meant primarily as a showcase for young philosophers to present and discuss their best work, but will host keynote speakers as well. This year’s keynote speakers are JC Beall (Connecticut), Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (Barcelona/Logos), Graham Priest (Melbourne and CUNY), Greg Restall (Melbourne), Mark Sainsbury (Texas, Austin). **Preliminary Program** *Friday, September 24* Greg Restall (University of Melbourne) Assertion, Denial and the Logic of Definedness Simon Hewitt (Birkbeck College, London) The Logic of Finite Order William Bynoe (Institute of Philosophy, London) Kit Fine on the Timeless and the Temporary Julien Murzi (University of Sheffield) Inferentialism and Incompleteness Nat Hansen (University of Chicago) A Slugfest of Intuitions: Contextualism and Experimental Design *Saturday, September 25* Mark Sainsbury (University of Texas, Austin) Varieties of Fiction Operator Frederique Janssen-Lauret (University of St Andrews) Consequence and the Fiction Operator Gerry Hough (University of Aberdeen – NIP) Kripkes Puzzle and the Semantics/Pragmatics Divide Seyed N. Mousavian (University of Alberta) Millianism, Empty Names, and Pragmatics Alessandro Torza (Boston University) Identity and Counterfactuals Alberto Voltolini (University of Turin) Meinongian Empty Singular Terms Gunnar Björnsson and Alexander Almér (University of Gothenburg) The Pragmatics of Insensitive Assessments Graham Priest (University of Melbourne and CUNY Graduate Centre) The Self as a Non-Existent Object *Sunday, September 26* JC Beall (University of Connecticut) Open Worlds as Fictions Within Fiction Aldo Antonelli (UC Davis) Non-Reductive Logicism and the Nature of Abstraction Lee Walters (Institute of Philosophy, London) Fictional Characters, Syllepsis and Systematic Polysemy Fredrik Haraldsen (University of Miami) Definite Descriptions, Selection & Rigidity David Etlin (University of Leuven) Vague Desire: The Sorites and the Money Pump Manuel-Garcia Carpintero (University of Barcelona/Logos) Pretending to Refer: Internal and External Perspectives