CALL FOR POSTERS \; \;
\nRatio \;Conference Applied Philosophy of Language: Politics and Power
\nUniversity of Reading 4th May \;
\nWe are happy to announce the 2019 \;Ratio \;conference\, to be held at the University of Reading on 4th May 2019: \;https://sites.google.com/view/ratioconference/home. \;
\nThe conference is part of the series of one-day \;Ratio \;conferences hosted by the Philosophy Department of the University of Reading. Each event is dedicated to a specific area of interest in current analytic philosophy and informs a special issue of the journal. The theme of the forthcoming conference is &ldquo\;Applied Philosophy of Language: Politics and Power&rdquo\;.
\nAlthough philosophy of language has tradionally been understood as a purely theoretical discipline\, recent scholarship has begun to explore practical applications of the conceptual tools developed by philosophers of language. The \;aim \;of the \;2019 Ratio Conference \;is to \;foster this development \;by discussing \;how insights from philosophy of language can shed light on important contemporary phenomena in the spheres of politics\, law and society\, \;as in \;philosophical analysis of disagreement\, derogatory speech\, gendered terms\, and propaganda. This conference will host original contributions by leading \;researchers in the field.
\nConfirmed speakers:
\nTeresa Marques\, University of Barcelona\;
\nÅ\;sa Wikforss\, University of Stockholm\;
\nDerek Ball\, University of St Andrews\;
\nTimothy Endicott\, University of Oxford.
\nIn addition to the keynote talks\, we will be holding \;a \;poster presentation session\, to give postgraduate students and early career researchers the opportunity to present their research.
\nWe invite submissions of 300-word abstracts \;before the \;deadline \;of \;24th February 2019. We welcome \;the participation of \;students working in and outside Philosophy\, and would particularly like to encourage submissions from underrepresented groups.
\nPossible topics for posters include (but are not limited to):
\n- politics\, political speech and \;propaganda\;
\n- law and legal language\;
\n- lying\, misleading\, bullshit\;
\n- derogatory speech\;
\n- feminist philosophy of language\;
\n- medicine and language\;
\n- methodological \;issues \;related to the application of philosophy of language\;
\n- normative impacts of philosophical analyses of language\;
\n- connections with empirical research in the cognitive and social sciences.
\nAbstracts should be no longer than 300 words\, prepared for blind review\, \;and should be sent to \;ratioconference2019@gmail.com. \;
\nFor more information about the conference\, and to register for a place\, please visit our website: \;https://sites.google.com/view/ratioconference/home.
\nWe \;are pleased to \;be able to have some funds available to help towards the board and accommodation of a small number of postgraduate participants\, travelling from outside Reading. Please let us know if you would like to be considered for this support when you register.
\nThe 2019 \;Ratio \;Conference is generously supported by the \;Mind Association\, \;Analysis Trust\, \;Aristotelian Society\, and the \;Centre for Integrative Neuroscience and Neurodynamics\, University of Reading.
\nOrganisers:
\nSarah Fisher\, Antonio Scarafone\, \;Marat Shardimgaliev
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