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SUMMARY:Semantics and Philosophy in Europe 5
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LOCATION:Turin\, Italy\, Italy
DESCRIPTION:<p>**First Call for Papers**</p>\n<p>SEMANTICS AND PHILOSOPHY IN EUROPE 5</p>\n<p>June 25-27\, 2012</p>\n<p>University of Turin\, Italy</p>\n<p>It is our pleasure to announce the Fifth Semantics and Philosophy in Europe&nbsp\;(SPE) colloquium. This year&rsquo\;s colloquium will be devoted entirely to&nbsp\;two topics:</p>\n<p>(A) **PLURAL REFERENCE**</p>\n<p>INVITED SPEAKERS</p>\n<p>Theodore Scaltsas (University of Edinburgh)</p>\n<p>Peter Simons (University of Dublin)</p>\n<p>TUTORIAL</p>\n<p>Salvatore Florio (Birkbeck College)</p>\n<p>Oystein Linnebo (Birkbeck College)</p>\n<p>Friederike Moltmann (IHPST\, Paris)</p>\n<p>(B) **NOMINALIZATIONS AND ONTOLOGIAL COMMITMENT**</p>\n<p>INVITED SPEAKERS</p>\n<p>Jody Azzouni (Tufts University)</p>\n<p>Andrea Bottani (University of Bergamo)</p>\n<p>Anthony Everett (University of Bristol)</p>\n<p>Alberto Voltolini (University of Turin)</p>\n<p>Thomas Ede Zimmermann (Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt)</p>\n\n<p>A detailed description of the two topics can be found at the bottom of this&nbsp\;announcement.</p>\n<p>------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>\n<p>SUBMISSION DETAILS</p>\n<p>We invite submissions of anonymous *two-page* abstracts including&nbsp\;references\, for a 30-minute talk\, on one of two topics of the&nbsp\;conference.</p>\n<p>Please specify title\, one of the topics\, name\, affiliation\, and e-mail&nbsp\;address on an extra-page.</p>\n<p>Submission address: spe.2012@gmx.net</p>\n<p>Deadline for submissions: &nbsp\;April 3\, 2012</p>\n<p>Notification of acceptance: April 30\, 2012</p>\n<p>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE</p>\n<p>Oystein Linnebo (Birkbeck College)</p>\n<p>Friederike Moltmann (IHPST\, Paris)</p>\n<p>Benjamin Schnieder (University of Hamburg)</p>\n<p>Alberto Voltolini (University of Turin)</p>\n<p>SELECTION COMMITTEE</p>\n<p>Jody Azzouni\, Francesco Berto\, Andrea Bottani\, Massimiliano Carrara\,&nbsp\;Anthony Everett\, Thomas Hofweber\, Oystein Linnebo\, Friederike Moltmann\,&nbsp\;Mark Sainsbury\, Benjamin Schnieder\, Peter Simons\, Alberto Voltolini\,&nbsp\;Ede Zimmermann</p>\n<p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>\n<p>TOPIC (A) - PLURAL REFERENCE</p>\n<p>Plural reference has become a lively philosophical topic since some&nbsp\;philosophers and logicians have claimed that plural terms of natural&nbsp\;language can refer to several entities at once as their semantic&nbsp\;values. This&nbsp\;raises a number of open questions for philosophers and semanticists as&nbsp\;well:</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; Should linguists adopt this philosophical conception of plural reference?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; Can semantics be affected by philosophical arguments on the need&nbsp\;to avoid the so-called paradoxes of absolute generality?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; What are the spin-offs of developing a semantics for a plural&nbsp\;language in a plural metalanguage?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; Are there other forms of non-singular reference\, e.g.\, list-like&nbsp\;expressions?</p>\n<p>TOPIC (B) - NOMINALIZATION AND ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENT</p>\n<p>Natural language allows a variety of ways of building referential&nbsp\;expressions out of non-referential ones. This raises such key questions&nbsp\;at the interface between ontology and semantics as:</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; Which ways of setting up a single object as the semantic value of&nbsp\;a referential term are permissible?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; What is the ontological status of these objects?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; When is ontological commitment to such things as fictional or&nbsp\;nonexistent objects\, delivered by referential terms\, to be taken at&nbsp\;face value?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; How should the threat of paradox be addressed that goes along with&nbsp\;some of the ways of introducing such objects?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; Is an ontologically deflationist strategy the best way to deal&nbsp\;with such issues?</p>\n<p>- &nbsp\; Does the use of singular terms and quantification provide the&nbsp\;right criteria for ontological commitment in the first place?</p>\n<p>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>\n<p>About SPE</p>\n<p>The purpose of the Semantics and Philosophy in Europe Colloquia is to&nbsp\;enhance the dialogue between linguists and philosophers by providing a&nbsp\;forum for presenting research in the interface between linguistic&nbsp\;semantics and the various areas of philosophy (philosophy of&nbsp\;language\, logic\, philosophy of mind\, metaphysics\, philosophy of mathematics\,&nbsp\;epistemology). SPE takes place annually in different European cities.</p>\n<p>The previous meetings took place in Paris (SPE1\, 2008)\, London (SPE2\,&nbsp\;2009)\, Paris (SPE3\,2010)\, and Bochum (SPE4\, 2011).</p>\n<p>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>\n<p>Financial Support for SPE5</p>\n<p>European Research Council Starting Grant &lsquo\;Plurals\, Predicates\, and&nbsp\;Paradox&rsquo\; (directed by O. Linnebo)</p>\n<p>ANR-DFG Project &lsquo\;Nominalizations: Philosophical and Linguistic&nbsp\;Perspectives&rsquo\; (directed by F. Moltmann and B. Schnieder)</p>\n<p>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p>\n<p>Website (to be launched in February 2012)</p>\n<p>http://speconference.wordpress.com/&nbsp\;</p>\n
ORGANIZER;CN=Louise Durham;CN=Oystein Linnebo;CN=Benjamin Schneider;CN=Alberto Voltolini:
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