[Corpora-List] CfP Workshop “Empirical Methods of Linguistics in Philosophy”, =?windows-1252?Q?_?=Dortmund, 13-14 March 2014

[Roland Bluhm]

*CfP Workshop ?Empirical Methods of Linguistics in Philosophy?**
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International Workshop on Empirical Methods of Linguistics in Philosophy
13-14 March 2014, TU Dortmund University (Germany)

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?

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.

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.

? Call for Papers ?

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).

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.

The extended *deadline *for receipt of submissions is *1st December 
2013*. We will notify authors of the decision regarding their papers by 
the 15th of December.

? Organiser ?

For any further questions, please contact the workshop organiser, Roland 
Bluhm, via Roland.Bluhm [at] tu-dortmund.de.

Call for papers at PhilEvents: http://philevents.org/event/show/11886.
The workshop at PhilEvents: http://philevents.org/event/show/11885.
The workshop at the Linguist List: 
http://linguistlist.org/callconf/browse-conf-action.cfm?ConfID=170298


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