28-29 Nov 2014
Zuerich, Switzerland
Call for Registration Conference: The Semantics/Pragmatics Distinction and Philosophical Methodology Zuerich, 28-29 Nov 2014 The conference intends to address the following questions: What is the function of the semantics-pragmatics distinction? Are the different participants in the debate trying to account for the same distinction? On which basis, i.e. referring to what kind of arguments, can a particular account of the distinction between semantics and pragmatics be defended? Speakers: Robyn Carston (University College London) Christopher Gauker (Universitt Salzburg) Gerhard Ernst (Universitt Erlangen-Nrnberg) Max Klbel (Universitat de Barcelona) Stephen Neale (City University of New York) Stefan Riegelnik (Universitt Zrich) Stefano Predelli (University of Nottingham) The conference is organized and sponsored by the Chair for Theoretical Philosophy II of the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Zurich. Venue: University of Zurich, Zurich Details: http://www.philosophie.uzh.ch/semprag Organizers: Nicole Rathgeb and Stefan Riegelnik Participation is free, for registration please send an email to semprag@philos.uzh.ch. General questions concerning the conference should be directed in the first instance to semprag@philos.uzh.ch.