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"Linguistics and Epistemology", Aberdeen (Scotland), May 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS:

International Conference on

"LINGUISTICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY"

Department of Philosophy
University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

May 12/13 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference theme

One of the most striking developments in recent epistemological theorizing
 
is the use of linguistic data and arguments to defend epistemological 
positions. Famous epistemological positions that are motivated and 
disputed in this way are contextualism, subject sensitive invariantism, 
and contrastivism. These positions have been developed by Keith DeRose, 
Stewart Cohen, John Hawthorne, Jason Stanley, Jonathan Schaffer and Walter
 
Sinnott-Armstrong, amongst others.

The department of philosophy of the University of Aberdeen (Scotland, 
United Kingdom) will host an international conference devoted to the 
conference theme. The overall aim of this conference is to bring together
 
outstanding researchers working in this area of epistemology to both 
discuss the validity of the ?linguistic method? and bring this method i
nto 
actual practice.

Papers are now invited on any topic that is relevant to the conference 
theme. We are interested in papers that discuss whether using linguistic 
data/arguments really is a desirable way of doing epistemology, as well as
 
in papers that actually bring the method of using linguistic 
data/arguments to argue for epistemological positions into practice. Final
 
papers should be no longer than 30 minutes reading time (about 3000 
words), leaving another 30 minutes for discussion.

PhD students are encouraged to apply, as there will be a special session 
for graduate papers. Some limited bursaries might be available to help PhD
 
students with expenses.

Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted to the conference organiser by
 
email or snailmail by November 27th 2006. Abstracts should be made ready 
for anonymous refereeing. Notification of acceptance/rejection: December 
15th 2006.

The conference organiser can be reached at the following email address: 
m.blaauw@abdn.ac.uk

Or for snailmail:
Martijn Blaauw
Department of Philosophy
University of Aberdeen
Old Brewery, High Street
Aberdeen
AB24 3UB
UK