CFP: Philosophica II - Words and Language

Philosophica is an analytic philosophy conference series hosted by the Institute of Philosophy at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. The theme of this edition of the conference is words and language, engaging with philosophical work addressing the nature of expressions, meaning, and natural language more broadly construed.

We invite abstracts on topics like the ontology of words, word individuation, pragmatic features of expressions, meaning in natural language (metasemantics), or the relationship between words and language, among others. Interdisciplinary perspectives drawing on linguistics, semantics, metaphysics, and other relevant areas are welcome.

Submitted abstracts should be no more than 300 words (not including references); please also include 4-5 key words.

Submissions should be in English and suitable for 30-minute slots (20 minutes for presenting, 10 minutes for discussion).

This will be an in-person event; there will be no online component.

Link for submissions (EasyChair): To be posted soon