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<b>Call for Commentators for the 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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Apologies for cross-posting.<br>
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– Conference theme –<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, empirical methods to philosophy.
Appropriated from the experimental paradigm in psychology, the
method first and 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. methods from
psycholinguistics, corpus analysis, etymology, discourse analysis or
field studies, which could also be used for this purpose or a
variety of other purposes in philosophy. <br>
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The first set of guiding questions of the workshop is: Which
empirical methods from linguistics have been applied in philosophy
already? To which end? Where and how could such methods be applied?
The literature at present is sparse and scattered across various
journals, the common methodological root is not always apparent. It
is therefore expedient to gain an overview on the approaches that
have already been tried, and to consider potential applications of
methods that have not yet been tried. This, of course, also raises
methodological questions. Most importantly: What are the potential
benefits of the different empirical methods from linguistics for
philosophy, and what are the limits of their application? The
primary purpose of the workshop is thus exploratory: The potential
applications, the benefits and the limits of linguistic methods in
philosophy stand in need of clarification. <br>
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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. Although the focus of the
workshop is on the use of methods from linguistics in philosophy,
both philosophers and linguists will be involved. Each of the six
workshop sessions will open with a philosophical paper demonstrating
the application of a specific linguistic method in philosophy. The
paper will be followed by up to two <b>peer commentaries</b>,
ideally one by a linguist, the other by a philosopher. <br>
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<b>– Call for Commentators –</b><br>
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We are looking for philosophers and linguists interested in
commenting on the speakers' papers. The <a
href="http://ifpp.fk14.tu-dortmund.de/cms/ifpp/de/forschung/wissenschaftlicheveranstaltung/EMLP/programme.pdf">programme
of the workshop and the abstracts of the talks</a> can be
downloaded from <a
href="http://ifpp.fk14.tu-dortmund.de/cms/ifpp/de/forschung/wissenschaftlicheveranstaltung/EMLP/">the
workshop's website</a>. We invite expressions of interest from
researchers in all stages of their career. We regrettably cannot
offer reimbursement for commentators. As it is all too often the
case, we have to appeal to your intrinsic motivation and your
interest in a relatively new and unexplored topic. The workshop is
intended to be a pilot, to be followed by a larger and better funded
event in 2015. <br>
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If you are interested in commenting on a paper, please send an email
to Roland.Bluhm [at] tu-dortmund.de stating (1) which paper you
would like to comment on, (2) why you are interested in the topic of
the paper, and (3) if you have demonstrable knowledge of the topic
(e.g., pertinent publications). Please also tell us your name,
affiliation and contact details. Should there be more commentators
than slots available, we will make a choice based on commitment to
and apparent knowledge of the topic.<br>
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The deadline for the receipt of expressions of interest is <b>9</b><b>
</b><b>February 2014</b>. <br>
We will notify you of our decision by 16 February 2014.<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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Workshop website:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ifpp.fk14.tu-dortmund.de/cms/ifpp/de/forschung/wissenschaftlicheveranstaltung/EMLP/">http://ifpp.fk14.tu-dortmund.de/cms/ifpp/de/forschung/wissenschaftlicheveranstaltung/EMLP/</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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