22.1455, Confs: Philosophy of Language, Semantics/Germany

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Subject: 22.1455, Confs: Philosophy of Language, Semantics/Germany

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Date: 28-Mar-2011
From: Markus Werning [markus.werning at rub.de]
Subject: Semantics & Philosophy in Europe 4

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:03:38
From: Markus Werning [markus.werning at rub.de]
Subject: Semantics & Philosophy in Europe 4

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Semantics & Philosophy in Europe 4 
Short Title: SPE4 

Date: 26-Sep-2011 - 01-Oct-2011 
Location: Bochum, Germany 
Contact: Markus Werning 
Contact Email: spe4 at rub.de 
Meeting URL: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/phil-lang/spe4/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language; Semantics 

Meeting Description: 

It is with great pleasure that we announce the upcoming Semantics and 
Philosophy in Europe 4 conference. The conference will feature expert 
tutorials, symposia, roundtables, and a colloquium on the following topics:

A) The Semantics and Pragmatics of Quotation
B) The Semantics of Action Sentences
C) The Semantics and Epistemology of Mental State Ascriptions

The purpose of the SPE workshops is to enhance the dialogue between 
linguists and philosophers and to provide a new forum for presenting 
research in the interface between linguistic semantics and the related areas 
of philosophy (philosophy of language, logic, philosophy of mind, 
metaphysics, philosophy of mathematics, epistemology) . SPE takes place 
annually in different European cities. The previous meetings took place in 
Paris (SPE1, 2008), London (SPE2, 2009), and Paris (SPE3, 2010).

General Organization:

Markus Werning and Heinrich Wansing

Keynote Speakers:

Jan Broersen (Utrecht)
Philippe de Brabanter (Paris)
Simone Duca (Bochum)
Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (Barcelona)
Albert Newen (Bochum)
Andreas Herzig (Toulouse)
Katarzyna Jaszczolt (Cambridge)
Hannes Leitgeb (Munich)
Robert Matthews (Rutgers)
Friederike Moltmann (Paris)
John Perry (Stanford)
Paul Saka (Texas)
Mark Richard (Harvard)
Danièle van de Velde (Lille)
Heinrich Wansing (Bochum)
Markus Werning (Bochum)
Dag Westerstahl (Stockholm)

Local Coordination:

Simone Duca, Caroline Semmling, and Tomoo Ueda

SPE4 Advisory Board:

Herman Cappelen (St. Andrews)
Thomas Hofweber (North Carolina)
Chris Kennedy (Chicago)
Peter Ludlow (Toronto)
Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (Barcelona)
Robert May (UC Davis)
Friederike Moltmann (Paris-Sorbonne)
Stephen Neale (CUNY)
Peter Pagin (Stockholm)
Zoltán Szabó (Yale)
Markus Werning (Bochum)
Crispin Wright (NYU & Aberdeen) 

Monday
Tutorial on Quotation (10.00-18.00)
Expert Tutors: Philippe De Brabanter (Paris), Paul Saka (U Texas)
Chair: Markus Werning

Tuesday
Tutorial on Action Sentences (10.00-18.00)
Expert Tutors: Andreas Herzig (Toulouse), Jan Broersen (Utrecht)
Chair: Heinrich Wansing, Caroline Semmling

Wednesday
Symposium: The Semantics and Pragmatics of Quotation
Chair: Markus Werning
10.00-11.00: Philippe de Brabanter (Paris) 'Varieties of Hybrid-Quotation'
11.00-12.00: Manuel Garcia-Carpintero (Barcelona) 'The Semantic 
Reference of Quotation'
12.00-12.15: Coffee break
12.15-13.15: Markus Werning (Bochum) 'Saying Things with the Words of 
Others: Quotation as Compositional Subsymbolic Imitation'
13.15-14.15: Lunch
14.15-15.15: Dag Westerståhl (Gothenburg) 'Quotation and 
Compositionality'
15.15-15.30: Coffee break Roundtable
15.30-18.15: 3 Contributed talks (each 35 min plus 10 min discussion)

Thursday
Symposium: The Semantics of Action Sentences - Alternatives to 
Davidsonian Event Semantics
Chairs: Heinrich Wansing, Caroline Semmling
10.00-11.00: Andreas Herzig (Tolouse) 'On the relation between STIT 
theory and the logic of programs'
11.00-12.00: Jan Broersen (Utrecht) 'Probabilistic STIT logic: from choosing 
through acting to attempting'
12.00-12.15: Coffee break
12.15-13.15: Danièle van de Velde (Lille) 'How to build events from actions 
and facts from events'
13.15-14.15: Lunch
Poster Presentations (14.15-15.15)
Roundtable
15.15-18.00: 3 Contributed talks (each 35 min plus 10 min discussion)

Friday
Roundtable (continued)
10.00-11.30:2 Contributed talks (each 35 min plus 10 min discussion)
11.30-12.30: Lunch
Colloquium: The Semantics and Epistemology of Mental State Ascriptions
Chairs: Simone Duca, Albert Newen, Tomoo Ueda, Markus Werning
12.30-13.30: Katarzyna Jaszczolt (Cambridge) 'Representing Beliefs De Se'
13.30-14.30: Simone Duca (Bochum) 'Self-directed Meta-beliefs'
14.30-15.00: Short talk 1 (contributed)
15.00-15.30: Coffee break
15.30-16.30: Friederike Moltmann (Paris) 'Act-Based Conceptions of 
Sentential Content'
16.30-17.00: Short talk 2: Toomo Ueda (Bochum) 'The Communicative Role 
of Propositional Attitudes'
17.00-18.00: Paul Saka (U Texas) 'Belief Reports'
Conference dinner (19.00-22.00)

Saturday
Colloquium (continued)
09.30-10.30: Hannes Leitgeb (LMU, Munich) 'Qualitative and Quantitative 
Belief Ascriptions'
10.30-11.30: Robert Matthews (Rutgers) 'Propositional Attitudes and their 
Attribution: A Measurement-theoretic Account'
11.30-11.45: Coffee break
11.45-12:45: Markus Werning (Bochum) 'Propositional Attitudes and Mixed 
Quotation'
12.45-13.00: Lunch
13.00-14.00: Mark Richard (Harvard) 'Attitudes, Semantics, and Pragmatics'
14.00-15.00: Albert Newen (Bochum) 'Attitude Ascriptions and Mental Files'
15.00-16.00: John Perry (Stanford) 'Networks and Attitudes'

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