New work on reference

The department of Philosophy at King's College London is pleased to invite submissions for a two day workshop presenting new work on reference, on the 23rd-24th of May, with a keynote speech from Eliot Michaelson (KCL) . We are accepting submissions on all aspects of reference, broadly construed. Topics of interest might include (though are not limited to):

• the relations between reference and other important notions in philosophy of language: truth, normativity, meaning, predication, etc
• theories of the nature of reference within different metasemantic frameworks (causal theories, inferentialism, formal theories of reference, etc.)
• varieties of reference in different modalities: mental, perpetual, linguistic, etc.
• varieties of reference in different media: pictorial reference, maps, etc.
• reference and vagueness
• names and naming

To submit please fill out the following form, with a 500-word abstract, by April the 20th: https://forms.gle/zos68X8rki43puyT9    Abstracts must be anonymised. The word count does not include any references or bibliography. Notification of acceptance will be sent by the 1st of May.

Please note: this workshop will be in-person only, and we will be unable to reimburse travel or accommodation expenses.

This workshop is organised in part collaboration with the Philosophy department at the university of Lund.

very best,

The organisers: Hugo Heagren, Sam Kang, Juuso Rantanen