4th Annual Conference of the Philosophy of Language Association

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.

Schedule

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

12:30–14:00 Lunch break

14:00–15:10 The weakness of will: a path to the actual future via exhaustification -- Yunhui Bai

15:25–16:35 A Sociolinguistic Theory of Slurs and other Pejoratives -- Stefan Rinner

16:45–17:55 Keynote: Words apart: the problem of word fission -- Ofra Magidor