4th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Language Association

July 7, 2025 - July 8, 2025
The University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh
United Kingdom

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Speakers:

University of Maryland, College Park
Rutgers - New Brunswick
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jagiellonian University
Oxford University
Stanford University
University of Glasgow
University of Duisburg-Essen
University of Warsaw
University of Oxford

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University of Edinburgh
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
King's College London
University of Missouri, Columbia
University of California, Irvine
Princeton University
Universität Hamburg
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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The Fourth Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Language Associationwill take place at the University of Edinburgh on July 7 – 8, 2025. The goal of the conference, and of the association, is to provide a venue for philosophers of language to discuss new work in all areas of the field.

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Monday, July 7


10:00–11:10 The polysemy of „we” -- Katarzyna Kijania-Placek and Maciej Tarnowski 

11:20–12:30 Riot, Rebellion, or Protest? Labeling Events in Political Discourse -- Mengyuan Qi

12:30–14:30 Lunch break

14:30–15:40 Question-Settling Predicates -- Eliran Haziza

15:55–17:05 Jokes, Trivialization and the Common Ground -- Zoe Walker

17:20–18:30 Keynote: Elisabeth Camp




Tuesday, July 8

10:00–11:10 Epistemic norms and conversation -- Ross Patrizio

11:20–12:30 Creative conception in ordinary language -- Ethan Nowak

12:30–14:30 Lunch break

14:30–15:40 The weakness of will: a path to the actual future via exhaustification -- Yunhui Bai

15:55–17:05 A Sociolinguistic Theory of Slurs and other Pejoratives -- Stefan Rinner

17:20–18:30 Keynote: Common Currency Names -- Ofra Magidor

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6 people are attending:

University of Maryland, College Park
King's College London
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Yale University

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