14-16 May 2015
Lodz, Poland
PhiLang2015 - The Fourth International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics University of Lodz (Poland), 14-16 May 2015 Extended deadline (December 20, 2014) The Department of English and General Linguistics at University of Lodz announces the Fourth International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics (PhiLang2015) The principal aim of our Conference is to bring together philosophers, logicians and linguists; next year we would like the papers to address the following general issues (the list is not exhaustive): - Philosophy of Language meets Philosophy of Mind - Philosophy of language, linguistics and literary theory - Philosophical background of semantic and pragmatic theories - Metaphilosophy and philosophy of language We also plan special sessions on the "Philosophical and linguistic analyses of reference" and on "Linguistic and philosophical investigations into proper names", and subsequent publication of two volumes in a new book series with an international publisher. The following scholars have accepted our invitation to address the conference as plenary speakers: Manuel García-Carpintero (Departament de Lògica, Història i Filosofia de la Ciència, Universitat de Barcelona) The Reference of Proper Names: The Presuppositional Account Richard Gaskin (Department of Philosophy, University of Liverpool) Reference and Linguistic Idealism Wolfram Hinzen (Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies and Research (ICREA) & Department of Linguistics, Universitat de Barcelona) The Grammar of Essential Indexicality Joanna Odrow??-Sypniewska (Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw) Context, Vagueness, and Reference Marián Zouhar (Institute of Philosophy, Slovak Academy of Sciences) Against Descriptivism: On an Essential Difference between Proper Names and Definite Descriptions Abstracts of papers, in MS Word format, of max. 300 words (followed by 5-7 key terms) should be forwarded by e-mail to: philang2015@uni.lodz.pl. Deadline for submission is 20 December 2014. Presentations should last maximum 30 minutes (including discussion and questions). Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 March 2015. The conference fee is 200 EUR (125 for doctoral students); 350 PLN (200 for doctoral students) for participants from Poland. It covers the cost of participation, conference materials, lunch meals, and conference dinner. Accommodation will be provided at the University Conference Center, Lodz, Kopcinskiego 16/18 (www.csk.uni.lodz.pl). Single and double rooms are available. The cost of a single room per night is 140 PLN, double 210 PLN, breakfast is included in the price. Further details will be provided in the third circular. Organizing committee: Prof. dr Piotr Stalmaszczyk, Dr Wiktor Pskit, Mr Ryszard Rasi?ski Department of English and General Linguistics, University of Lodz http://anglistyka.uni.lodz.pl/ZJAiO?