Functions and functional roles of concepts

Functions and functional roles of words/concepts, University of Lisbon 28-30 May 2025

The LanCog group at the Centre of Philosophy of the University of Lisbon (CFUL) welcomes anyone interested to participate at a workshop gathering philosophers interested in non-representational semantic theories (like inferentialism) and non-representational functions of concepts.  

Schedule

Wednesday 28 May

9.50-10.00   Welcome

10.00-11.30 Matthew Chrisman, “Alienation from Normativity (and Logic?)”

11.50-13.00 Matthew Simpson, “Inferences and Dispositions”

13.00-14.00  LUNCH BREAK

14.00-15.30 Amie Thomasson, “Yeah to Truth, or: The Functions of Truth Talk”

15.50-17.20  Luca Incurvati, “Imperatives and deontic modality: an inferential expressivist perspective”

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Thursday 29 May

10.00-11.30  Christine Tiefensee, “Ought and Good”

11.50-13.00 Sofia Bokros, “Meaning-Constitutive Inference and Semantic Competence”

13.00-14.00  LUNCH BREAK

14.00-15.10  Arvid Båve, “The function of nominalizations”

15.15-16.25  Niklas Dahl, “Some Necessary Revisions: From Belief Revision to Modality”

16.30-17.40  Carmela Vieites Figueiras, Ana Rosa López Rodríguez, and Andrea Rodríguez Gómez: “The Swiss Knife”

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Friday 30 May

10.00-11.30  John Cantwell,  "A meaning theoretical framework for expressivism"

11.50-13.00  Herman Veluwenkamp, “Designing Concepts: A Normative Framework for Conceptual Ethics”

13.00-14.10  LUNCH BREAK

14.10-15.40  Joshua Gert, “Inferentialism, Meaning, and Rules”

16.00-17.30  Julian Schlöder (videolink), “Semantic Crises”