23-25 March 2011
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Call for Papers and Commentators Department of Philosophy Institute for Logic, Language and Computation Universiteit van Amsterdam 23- 25 March 2011 Truth be Told: Workshop on Philosophical and Formal Theories of Truth The extensive literature published on truth over the last decade has made it increasingly clear that philosophers and logicians working on theories of truth can no longer talk past each other. This workshop will serve as a meeting point for philosophers and logicians to exchange their ideas and discuss the latest results of work on truth. The workshop will contain 11 invited and 5 contributed talks. Invited talks will be followed by a short commentary. We are pleased to confirm the following invited speakers: John Collins (University of East Anglia) Pascal Engel (University of Geneva) Hartry Field (New York University) Volker Halbach (University of Oxford) Wolfram Hinzen (Durham University) Leon Horsten (Bristol University) Paul Horwich (New York University) Wolfgang Künne (University of Hamburg) Hannes Leitgeb (LMU Munich) Michael Sheard (Rhodes College) Albert Visser (University of Utrecht) Call for Papers We invite papers that have a novel contribution to make in the area of philosophical and/or formal theories of truth. Submissions should take the form of short papers -not longer than 4000 words- accompanied by short abstracts -not longer than 150 words-. Papers for submission should be prepared for anonymous refereeing. Successful candidates will be allotted a 40-minute slot, including discussion time. Call for Commentators We encourage researchers at the early stage of their career to apply to commentate on one of the invited talks. Commentators will be allotted a 10-minute slot. If you are interested, please send your cv, including list of publications and talks, as well as your research interests. The workshop will offer partial compensation of 200 euros for the accommodation costs of all commentators. If you wish to present a paper or offer a commentary, please use the online submission form on the workshop website. Important dates Submission deadline: 15 December 2010 Notification of acceptance: 15 January 2011 Registration is free of charge, but we advise early registration due to the limited number of places available. For further information, please visit the conference website at http://www.illc.uva.nl/truth/truth11, or contact truth-at-uva.nl