[Corpora-List] Call for Commentators, Workshop =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=9CEmpirical_Methods_of_Linguistics_in_Philosophy=E2=80?= =?utf-8?Q?=9D=2C_?=Dortmund, Germany, 13/14 March 2014

[Roland Bluhm]

*Call for Commentators for the Workshop “Empirical Methods of 
Linguistics in Philosophy”**
*
International Workshop on Empirical Methods of Linguistics in Philosophy
13-14 March 2014, TU Dortmund University, Germany

Apologies for cross-posting.

– Conference theme –

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.

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.

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 
*peer commentaries*, ideally one by a linguist, the other by a philosopher.

*– Call for Commentators –*

We are looking for philosophers and linguists interested in commenting 
on the speakers' papers. The programme of the workshop and the abstracts 
of the talks 
<http://ifpp.fk14.tu-dortmund.de/cms/ifpp/de/forschung/wissenschaftlicheveranstaltung/EMLP/programme.pdf> 
can be downloaded from the workshop's website 
<http://ifpp.fk14.tu-dortmund.de/cms/ifpp/de/forschung/wissenschaftlicheveranstaltung/EMLP/>. 
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.

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.

The deadline for the receipt of expressions of interest is 
*9****February 2014*.
We will notify you of our decision by 16 February 2014.

– Organiser –

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

Workshop website: 
http://ifpp.fk14.tu-dortmund.de/cms/ifpp/de/forschung/wissenschaftlicheveranstaltung/EMLP/.
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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