18.2526, Confs: Philosophy of Language,Semantics/France

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LINGUIST List: Vol-18-2526. Wed Aug 29 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.2526, Confs: Philosophy of Language,Semantics/France

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Date: 29-Aug-2007
From: Alexandra Arapinis < alexandra.arapinis at wanadoo.fr >
Subject: Ontology and Semantics

 

	
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Ontology and Semantics 

Date: 18-Oct-2007 - 19-Oct-2007 
Location: Paris, France 
Contact: Friederike Moltmann 
Contact Email: plurality at univ-paris1.fr 

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language; Semantics 

Meeting Description: 

'Plurality, Unity, and Structure in Ontology and Semantics'

This workshop focuses on ontological, logical and linguistic issues concerning
plural reference, on conditions constitutive of the unity of objects in general,
and on the question of the unity or plurality of collections, kinds, and masses
in particular. The presentations are to an extent work-in-progress. 

Preliminary program:

Massimiliano Carrara and Enrico Martino (University of Padua):
'On the Alleged Innocence of Mereology'

Giorgio Lando (University of Geneva):
'Can Sets be Objects of Reference?'

David Liebesman (Cornell University):
'Mass Nouns as Kind-Referring'

Friederike Moltmann (IHPST, Paris):
'Plural Reference: Some New Applications and Challenges'

Alex Oliver (Cambridge University):
TBA

Philippe de Rouilhan(IHPST, Paris):
TBA

Gabriel Uzquiano (Oxford University):
TBA






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