Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language
Cardiff
United Kingdom
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The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June.
In recent years, there has been an increasing ‘social turn’ within the philosophy of language. The aim of this conference is to bring together emerging philosophical work in the social, political, aesthetic and ethical dimensions of language. The format of the conference will be parallel sessions and two keynote sessions over the course of two days.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
•artworks and monuments as forms of speech;
•distinctive features of speech in online spaces;
•potentials and pitfalls of large language models;
•indigenous and minoritized languages: loss and revitalization;
•meanings of pauses and silences
•silencing, epistemic injustices and oppression
•varieties of lying, misleading, and bullshit; dimensions of gendered language;
•oppressive speech and counterspeech
•functioning of dogwhistles, figleaves, and slurs.
Keynote Speakers:
•Professor Emma Borg, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, University of London
•Professor Jennifer Saul, University of Waterloo / University of St Andrews
There will be a conference fee of £20-40, subject to whether participants have access to institutional funds.
The conference is supported by the Mind Association.
Please direct any queries to phillangcardiff[at]gmail[dot]com.
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Bydd Adran Athroniaeth Prifysgol Caerdydd yn cynnal cynhadledd ar “Lleferydd a Chymdeithas: Athroniaeth Iaith Gyfoes” a gynhelir ar y 24ain a 25ain o Fehefin. Yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf, bu ‘tro cymdeithasol’ cynyddol o fewn athroniaeth iaith.
Nod y gynhadledd hon yw dwyn ynghyd y gwaith athronyddol sy’n dod i’r amlwg ar agweddau cymdeithasol, gwleidyddol, esthetig a moesegol iaith. Bydd y gynhadledd yn cynnwys sesiynau cyfochrog a dwy sesiwn gyweirnod dros gyfnod o ddau ddiwrnod.
Mae’r pynciau’n cynnwys, ond heb fod yn gyfyngedig i:
•gweithiau celf a henebion fel ffurfiau o leferydd;
•nodweddion nodedig lleferydd mewn parthau ar-lein;
•dichonolrwydd a pheryglon modelau iaith mawr;
•ieithoedd brodorol a lleiafrifiedig: colled ac adfywiad;
•ystyron seibiannau a distawrwydd; distewi;
•amrywiaethau o ddweud celwydd, camarwain, a malu cachu; dimensiynau iaith rhyweddol;
•lleferydd gormesol a gwrthleferydd;
•ffwythiannau ci-chwibanau, “dail ffigys”, a sarhad.
Areithwyr Gwadd:
Emma Borg, Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Studies, Prifysgol Llundain
Jennifer Saul, Prifysgol Waterloo / Prifysgol St Andrews
Bydd ffi gynhadledd o £20-40, yn amodol ar argaeledd cronfeydd sefydliadol i'r cyfranwyr. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer cyflwyno yw 2il o Ebrill. Rydym yn disgwyl cadarnhau’r penderfyniadau erbyn diwedd mis Ebrill.
Cefnogir y gynhadledd gan y Mind Association.
Anfonwch unrhyw ymholiad at phillangcardiff[at]gmail[dot]com.
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