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) �Kripke�s 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�