26 Sep - 1 Oct 2011
Bochum, Germany
Call for Papers SEMANTICS AND PHILOSOHPY IN EUROPE 4 26 September - 1 October, 2011 Ruhr University Bochum, Germany http://www.rub.de/phil-lang/spe4 GENERAL ORGANIZATION Markus Werning and Heinrich Wansing KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Jan Broersen (Utrecht) Philippe de Brabanter (Paris) Simone Duca (Bochum) Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (Barcelona) Albert Newen (Bochum) Andreas Herzig (Toulouse) Katarzyna Jaszczolt (Cambridge) Hannes Leitgeb (Munich) Robert Matthews (Rutgers) Friederike Moltmann (Paris) John Perry (Stanford) Paul Saka (Texas) Mark Richard (Harvard) Danile van de Velde (Lille) Heinrich Wansing (Bochum) Markus Werning (Bochum) Dag Westerstahl (Stockholm) It is with great pleasure that we announce the upcoming Semantics and Philosophy in Europe 4 conference. The conference will feature expert tutorials, symposia, roundtables, and a colloquium on the following topics: A) The Semantics and Pragmatics of Quotation B) The Semantics of Action Sentences C) The Semantics and Epistemology of Mental State Ascriptions The purpose of the SPE workshops is to enhance the dialogue between linguists and philosophers and to provide a new forum for presenting research in the interface between linguistic semantics and the related areas of philosophy (philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of mind, metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology) . SPE takes place annually in different European cities. The previous meetings took place in Paris (SPE1, 2008), London (SPE2, 2009), and Paris (SPE3, 2010). Submissions of abstracts (650 words including references) are invited for 30 min talks or poster presentations on each of the three topics of the conference. Submissions will be accepted via the conference website until 15 June, 2011. CONTACT/ORGANIZATION Prof. Dr. Markus Werning/Prof. Dr. Heinrich Wansing Department of Philosophy II Ruhr University Bochum 44780 Bochum, Germany Please direct email inquiries to spe4@rub.de. LOCAL COORDINATION Simone Duca, Caroline Semmling, Tomoo Ueda. SPE4 ADVISORY BOARD Herman Cappelen (St. Andrews) Thomas Hofweber (North Carolina) Chris Kennedy (Chicago) Peter Ludlow (Toronto) Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (Barcelona) Robert May (UC Davis) Friederike Moltmann (Paris-Sorbonne) Stephen Neale (CUNY) Peter Pagin (Stockholm) Zoltn Szab (Yale) Markus Werning (Bochum) Crispin Wright (NYU & Aberdeen) TIMELINE Submission opens: 1 April Deadline for submissions: 15 June Notification: 15 July Registration opens: 1 July Early Registration closes: 31 August Registration closes: 23 September We thank you in advance for passing this on to anybody who might be interested. --- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Markus Werning Professor of Philosophy of Language and Cognition Department of Philosophy Ruhr University Bochum 44780 Bochum, Germany Homepage: www.rub.de/phil-lang Email: markus.werning@rub.de Phone: +49-234-32-24734 Fax: +49-234-32-14463 Secretary: +49-234-32-26739