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Final CfP, Amsterdam Graduate Philosophy Conference 2009

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Amsterdam Graduate Philosophy Conference 2009
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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 of 
truth; the role of context in interpretation; semantic normativity; 
deflationism; meaning as use; inferentialism; compositionality; vagueness;
 
the semantics-pragmatics interface; language evolution.

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 
words) accompanied by short abstracts (not longer than 500 words). The 
deadline for submission is June 10 and it should follow the on-line 
submission form, 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 discussion with the audience. Candidates will be notified by July 15 
of whether 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 version of their abstract for publication in the conference book
 
of abstracts.

Please note that submitting an abstract does not automatically count as 
registration for the conference. Those who wish to participate must 
formally register for the conference; full details on how to do so can be
 
found on the conference website.

For further information, please visit the conference website at 
www.illc.uva.nl/agpc/agpc09 <http://www.illc.uva.nl/agpc/agpc09> ,

or contact agpc@uva.nl <mailto:agpc@uva.nl>

Important dates

Submission Deadline: 10 June 2009
Notification of Authors: 15 July 2009