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Following Bernard Bolzano's work on formal analyticity\, the raise of phenomenology is characterised by the attention paid to the structuration of sense through purely formal principles which make meaning possible. The main purpose of the seminar is to investigate the kind of formalism that is at stake at the origin of phenomenology in order to clarify its historical significance and to test its longevity. \;

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First of all\, it intends to question the relevance of this hypothesis of a purely grammatical legality and the relations it would entertain with:

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    1. The specifically \;linguistic \;legality connected to the expression of these meanings in such or such language or even in language in general. Do the categories of meaning and the laws of their combinations precede each language?
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    2. the \;ontological \;legality of the objects thought through those meanings. Do objects impose their structure to the meanings through which they are thought or\, at the contrary\, do meanings impose their structure to the objects which are thought through them?
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    3. The \;phenomenal \;legality which specifically rules sense experience (passive synthesis).
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    4. Additionally: Are grammatical laws purely \;syntactic\, or also \;semantic?
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In addition to these questions\, the following points would also deserve to be examined:

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  1. The history of the concepts of form\, syntax and grammar (in Bolzano\, Brentano\, Husserl\, Marty\, Bü\;hler...)\;
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  2. The critical posterity of Husserl's pure grammar in the phenomenological tradition (Heidegger\, Derrida...)\;
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  3. The consequence of the attempt to think the structure of significations and their linguistic and anthropological foundations through a combination of phenomenological and structuralist analysis (in Merleau-Ponty\, Sartre...)\;
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  4. The posterity of Husserl's pure grammar in logic and linguistic in the XXth century (in particular in "categorial grammars": Lesniewski\, Adjukiewicz\, Bar-Hillel\, Montague\, Chomsky...)\;
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  5. The relation between this notion of formal grammar and Wittgenstein's notion of "philosophical grammar" or Russell's grammatical analysis\;
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  6. The potential extending of the idea of grammar (as legality of meanings) to non verbal expression\, for instance to pictures.
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Keynote Speakers Jocelyn Benoist\, Université\; Paris 1 Panthé\;on-Sorbonne \; Laurent Cesalli\, Université\; de Genè\;ve \; Janette Friedrich\, Université\; de Genè\;ve É\;lise Marrou\, Archives Husserl de Paris Dominique Pradelle\, Université\; Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV)\, Archives Husserl de Paris
Organizing Committee Charlotte Gauvry (c.gauvry@ulg.ac.be) and Bruno Leclerq (b.leclerq@ulg.ac.be)
Practical Details

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The seminar will take place from May 4 to 8\, 2015\, at the University of Liè\;ge (Belgium).

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Registration is not required for attendance. At the participant's request\, the Philosophy Department will issue a certificate which can be used for doctoral certification (ECTS).

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Proposals (title and abstract\, maximum 700 words) are invited from senior researchers as well as graduate students\, and must be sent to C. Gauvry (c.gauvry@ulg.ac.be) and B. Leclerq (b.leclerq@ulg.ac.be)  \;by \;January 15\, 2015. Please use only the electronic submission form (http://www.pheno.ulg.ac.be/colloques/201505-grammaire/en). \;

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The abstracts will be evaluated by the URPh board through a blind-review process. Acceptance or refusal will be notified by January 30.

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The talks will be in English and French. Passive understanding of French is recommended.

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The Doctoral School does not cover the accommodation and travel costs of the CFP speakers. Information on accommodation is available.

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