1-3 Oct 2009
--------------------------------------------- Amsterdam Graduate Philosophy Conference 2009 Department of Philosophy Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation Universiteit van Amsterdam 1-3 October 2009 --------------------------------------------- **Call for Papers** Theme: Meaning & Truth The conference is dedicated to exploring new ideas on what has been and remains a fundamental theme in the philosophy of language, namely, the relation between meaning and truth. We invite papers from young researchers who have an original contribution to make regarding the role of truth in a theory of meaning, the role of meaning in a theory of truth, or even the question of whether meaning and truth are actually related in an interesting way. The conference is motivated by the ongoing debates and discussions that pose new challenges on how to conceive of meaning and of truth, and the relation between them. Some areas of interest here include: truth-functional vs. proof-theoretic semantics; semantic theories oftruth; the role of context in interpretation; semantic normativity; deflationism; meaning as use; inferentialism; compositionality; vagueness; the semantics-pragmatics interface; language evolution. Confirmed Invited Speakers - Kathrin Gler-Pagin (Stockholm) - Alex Miller (Birmingham) - Peter Pagin (Stockholm) - Franois Recanati (Paris / St Andrews) - Martin Stokhof (Amsterdam) Submission Information We invite submissions in the form of short papers (not longer than 4000 wor ds) accompanied by short abstracts (not longer than 500 words). The deadlin e for submission is June 10 and it should follow the on-line submission for m, available on the conference website. Candidates eligible for submission are graduate students and those who have completed a doctoral dissertation within the last three years. Successful candidates will be allotted a 45-minute time slot, comprising of a 25-minute presentation, a short commentary by an appointed speaker and d iscussion with the audience. Candidates will be notified by July 15 of whet her their paper has been accepted for presentation. The speakers will have the chance to send a revised version of their paper, as well as a revised v ersion of their abstract for publication in the conference book of abstract s. Please note that submitting an abstract does not automatically count as reg istration for the conference. Those who wish to participate must formally r egister for the conference; full details on how to do so can be found on th e conference website. For further information, please visit the conference website www.illc.uva.n l/agpc/agpc09, or contact agpc@uva.nl Important dates Submission Deadline: 10 June 2009 Notification of Authors: 15 July 2009