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<b>CfP Workshop “Empirical Methods of Linguistics in Philosophy”</b><b><br>
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International Workshop on Empirical Methods of Linguistics in
Philosophy<br>
13-14 March 2014, TU Dortmund University (Germany)<br>
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The “experimental philosophy” movement has recently gained some
momentum in the philosophical community. The movement’s basic idea
is to introduce experimental methods (other than thought
experiments) or, more broadly conceived, empirical methods to
philosophy. Appropriated from the experimental paradigm in
psychology, the method most often employed in experimental
philosophy arguably is the use of questionnaires. Using experimental
studies of this kind in philosophy may serve a number of purposes. A
prominent one is to supplement the more traditional tools of
analytic philosophy which are used in conceptual analyses of
philosophically interesting terms. However, there is also a variety
of other (at least partially) empirical methods in linguistics, e.g.
corpus analysis, etymology, discourse analysis or field studies,
which could also be used for a variety of similar purposes. The
guiding questions of the workshop are: Which empirical methods from
linguistics have been applied in philosophy already? To which end?
Where and how could such methods be applied? What are the potential
benefits, what are the limits of their application?<br>
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The workshop brings together researchers who implement empirical
methods from linguistics in philosophical research. Although the
focus of the workshop is on the use of such methods in philosophy,
both philosophers and linguists will be involved. Each of the
workshop sessions will open with a paper demonstrating the
application of a specific linguistic method in philosophy. This
paper will be followed by two peer commentaries, one by a linguist,
the other by a philosopher. <br>
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The primary purpose of the workshop is exploratory: The potential
applications, the benefits and the limits of linguistic methods in
philosophy stand in need of clarification. The secondary purpose is
to create a networking opportunity for researchers who employ (and
those who intend to employ) empirical methods from linguistics in
philosophy.<br>
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– Call for Papers –<br>
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At this stage, we are looking for philosophers or linguists
interested in contributing papers to open the workshop sessions
(peer reviews will be solicited at a later stage).<br>
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We invite contributions from philosophers or linguists in all stages
of their career. Please send us an abstract of a paper suitable for
a presentation of 30 to 40 minutes. Abstracts should not exceed 500
words and should be submitted in .pdf,.doc or .rtf format. In order
to facilitate blind reviewing, the abstract should be anonymous. But
please let us have your name, affiliation and contact details in the
cover email. Abstracts should be e-mailed to Roland.Bluhm [at]
tu-dortmund.de. Receipt of submission will be confirmed by e-mail.<br>
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The extended <b>deadline </b>for receipt of submissions is <b>1st
December 2013</b>. We will notify authors of the decision
regarding their papers by the 15th of December.<br>
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– Organiser –<br>
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For any further questions, please contact the workshop organiser,
Roland Bluhm, via Roland.Bluhm [at] tu-dortmund.de.<br>
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Call for papers at PhilEvents: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://philevents.org/event/show/11886">http://philevents.org/event/show/11886</a>.<br>
The workshop at PhilEvents: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://philevents.org/event/show/11885">http://philevents.org/event/show/11885</a>.<br>
The workshop at the Linguist List:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm?ConfID=170298">http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm?ConfID=170298</a><br>
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