21.2190, Confs: Philosophy of Lang, Pragmatics, Semantics/Netherlands

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Date: 11-May-2010
From: Lucian Zagan < lucian.zagan at uva.nl >
Subject: PALMYR IX: Logic and the Use of Language
 

	
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Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 16:22:51
From: Lucian Zagan [lucian.zagan at uva.nl]
Subject: PALMYR IX: Logic and the Use of Language

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PALMYR IX: Logic and the Use of Language 

Date: 28-Jun-2010 - 29-Jun-2010 
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Contact: Lucian Zagan 
Contact Email: lucian.zagan at uva.nl 
Meeting URL: http://www.illc.uva.nl/PALMYR/PALMYR-9/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language; Pragmatics; Semantics 

Meeting Description: 

Both Paris and Amsterdam host a lively group of young researchers working at the
interface of logic, language, and theories of rationality. PALMYR
(Paris-Amsterdam Logic Meetings of Young Researchers) brings them together.
PALMYR is a series of yearly meetings taking place alternatively in Amsterdam
and Paris. At each PALMYR workshop, visitors give talks about their current
research interests, each presentation being commented by a fellow researcher
from the host town. 

PALMYR IX will be held at the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation
(ILLC), University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam. 

Keynote Speakers:

Fred Landman  (Linguistics, Tel-Aviv): ''Prolegomena to a Theory of Mass Nouns''

Frank Veltman (ILLC, Amsterdam): ''Making the Right Exceptions'' (joint paper
with Harald Bastiaanse)

Confirmed Participants:

Alexandra Arapinis (IHPST, Paris): ''Dynamic Analysis of the Systematic Polysemy
of Names of Institutions. The Need for Metaphysical Constraints over a Powerful
Semantic Tool'' 
Commentator: Ana Aguilar Guevara (Linguistics, Utrecht)

Fabrice Correia (Philosophy, Geneva): ''Non-Proxy Reductions of Eternalist
Discourse''
Commentator: Jonathan Shaheen (ILLC, Amsterdam & Philosophy, Michigan)

Fabio Del Prete (IJN, Paris): ''Non-Monotonic Futures''
Commentator: Katrin Schulz (ILLC, Amsterdam)

David Etlin (Philosophy, Leuven): ''Vague Desire: The Sorites and the Money Pump''
Commentator: Raquel Fernández Rovira (ILLC, Amsterdam)

Henri Galinon (IHPST, Paris): ''Minimal Truth Predicate and Consistency for Free''
Commentator: Theodora Achourioti (ILLC, Amsterdam)

Julie Hunter (IJN, Paris & Philosophy, Texas-Austin): ''Presuppositional Character''
Commentator: Maria Aloni (ILLC, Amsterdam)

Michael Murez (IJN, Paris): ''The Logic, Semantics and Pragmatics of Agentive
Attitudes''
Commentator: Inés Crespo (ILLC, Amsterdam)

David Ripley (IJN, Paris): ''Embedding Denial''
Commentator: Catarina Dutilh Novaes (ILLC, Amsterdam)

Johannes Stern (Philosophy, Geneva): ''An Immaculate Conception of Truth,
Necessity, and Knowledge''
Commentator: Stefan Wintein (TiLPS, Tilburg)

Isidora Stojanovic (IJN, Paris): ''Logical Validity vs. Pragmatically Warranted
Truth''
Commentator: Lucian Zagan (ILLC, Amsterdam)





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