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 (Universit�t Salzburg) Gerhard Ernst (Universit�t Erlangen-N�rnberg) Max K�lbel (Universitat de Barcelona) Stephen Neale (City University of New York) Stefan Riegelnik (Universit�t Z�rich) 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.