David J. Chalmers is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Director \;of the Center for Consciousness at ANU and Professor of Philosophy and \;Co-Director of the Center for Mind\, Brain and Consciousness at NYU. He \;will be presenting material in a series of lectures\, developing and \;extending themes from his recent book "Constructing the World" (OUP 2012).
There will be a Graduate/PhD students and Post-docs workshop on themes from David J. Chalmers' recent \;book. \;
Contact: \;nike.zohm@rub.de \;
Further information about these and past Carnap Lectures\, the Venue and \;
Travel information: \;
ORGANIZATION
\nErica Cosentino\, Dirk Kindermann\, Max Kö\;lbel\, Maria Spychalska\, Markus \;Werning.
\nNatural language semantics is today a wide-ranging and methodologically \;diverse discipline. One can distinguish broadly between those who use \;experimental methods from those who don't. Mostly\, semanticists in \;psychology or neuro-science work experimentally\, while philosophers\, \;logicians and linguists work non-experimentally. However\, the variety of \;approaches and methods among both groups is huge. Even within the camp of \;theoretical semantics there are numerous communities: formal semantics\, \;possible world semantics\, discourse representation theory\, etc. The same \;heterogeneity is present in the camp of empirical researchers: psycho- and \;neuro-linguistics\, corpus linguistics\, etc. The aim of the workshop is to \;bring together these different branches which are often working on very \;related topics. The workshop will not only present the variety of empirical \;and theoretical approaches to semantics\, but also invites explicit \;discussions of the neurobiological and psychological basis of semantics as \;well as its methods\, and epistemology.
\nINVITED SPEAKERS
Giosue Baggio (SISSA\, Triest)
Derek Ball (U St. Andrews)
Emma Borg (U Reading)
Anna Borghi (U Bologna)
Manfred Krifka (ZAS\, Berlin)
Gina Kuperberg (MGH\, Tufts U)
Ira Noveck (CNRS\, Lyon)
Paul Pietroski (U Maryland)
Michiel van Lambalgen (U Amsterdam)
We invite abstract submissions for papers (25+5 min) and posters related to \;the topics of the conference.
Exemplary topics:
Methods:
\nAbstract Submission Deadline: June 16\, 2013
\nCONTACT: \;insemp@rub.de.
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Second Call for Papers
Bochum\, October 10-12\, 2013
Venue: Ruhr-University-Bochum
http://www.rub.de/phil-lang/investigating/
ORGANIZATION
Erica Cosentino\, Dirk Kindermann\, Max Kö\;lbel\, Maria Spychalska\, Markus
Werning.
Natural language semantics is today a wide-ranging and methodologically
diverse discipline. One can distinguish broadly between those who use
experimental methods from those who don't. Mostly\, semanticists in
psychology or neuro-science work experimentally\, while philosophers\,
logicians and linguists work non-experimentally. However\, the variety of
approaches and methods among both groups is huge. Even within the camp of
theoretical semantics there are numerous communities: formal semantics\,
possible world semantics\, discourse representation theory\, etc. The same
heterogeneity is present in the camp of empirical researchers: psycho- and
neuro-linguistics\, corpus linguistics\, etc. The aim of the workshop is to
bring together these different branches which are often working on very
related topics. The workshop will not only present the variety of empirical
and theoretical approaches to semantics\, but also invites explicit
discussions of the neurobiological and psychological basis of semantics as
well as its methods\, and epistemology.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Giosuè\; Baggio (SISSA\, Triest)
Derek Ball (U St. Andrews)
Emma Borg (U Reading)
Anna Borghi (U Bologna)
Manfred Krifka (ZAS\, Berlin)
Gina Kuperberg (MGH\, Tufts U)
Ira Noveck (CNRS\, Lyon)
Paul Pietroski (U Maryland)
Michiel van Lambalgen (U Amsterdam)
We invite abstract submissions for papers (25+5 min) and posters related to
the topics of the conference.
Exemplary topics:
- Compositionality
- Computational complexity in language
- Discourse semantics
- Generalized quantifiers
- Implicatures and presuppositions
- Interfaces between syntax\, semantics and pragmatics
- Lexical semantics
- Possible worlds semantics
- The nature of meaning: abstract-symbolic or embodied-simulative
- etc.
Methods:
- Formal semantics
- General philosophical issues regarding semantics
- Philosophy of linguistics
- Semantics in experimental philosophy &ndash\; experimental pragmatics
- Semantics with corpus-linguistic methods
- Semantics with neuro-linguistic methods
- Semantics with psycho-linguistic methods
- etc.
Abstract Submission Deadline: June 16\, 2013
CONTACT: insemp@rub.de.
Since we can only accept a limited number of participants\, participation is possible only by invitation. If you want to be considered for invitation\, please send an email including a short CV to benedikt.goecke@gmail.com until June\, 30th.
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\nErica Cosentino\, Dirk Kindermann\, Max Kö\;lbel\, Maria Spychalska\, Markus
Werning.
Natural language semantics is today a wide-ranging and methodologically \;diverse discipline. One can distinguish broadly between those who use \;experimental methods from those who don't. Mostly\, semanticists in \;psychology or neuro-science work experimentally\, while philosophers\, \;logicians and linguists work non-experimentally. However\, the variety of \;approaches and methods among both groups is huge. Even within the camp of \;theoretical semantics there are numerous communities: formal semantics\, \;possible world semantics\, discourse representation theory\, etc. The same \;heterogeneity is present in the camp of empirical researchers: psycho- and \;neuro-linguistics\, corpus linguistics\, etc. The aim of the workshop is to \;bring together these different branches which are often working on very \;related topics. The workshop will not only present the variety of empirical \;and theoretical approaches to semantics\, but also invites explicit \;discussions of the neurobiological and psychological basis of semantics as \;well as its methods\, and epistemology.
\nINVITED SPEAKERS
Giosue Baggio (SISSA\, Triest)
Derek Ball (U St. Andrews)
Emma Borg (U Reading)
Anna Borghi (U Bologna)
Manfred Krifka (ZAS\, Berlin)
Gina Kuperberg (MGH\, Tufts U)
Ira Noveck (CNRS\, Lyon)
Paul Pietroski (U Maryland)
Michiel van Lambalgen (U Amsterdam)
CONTACT: \;insemp@rub.de.
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