Language, action, knowledge: Engaging with M. Sbisà’s Austinian Themes

We are pleased to announce a two-day workshop dedicated to the discussion of Marina Sbisà’s Austinian Themes: Illocution, Action, Knowledge, Truth, and Philosophy (OUP, 2024).

The workshop will take place on 20–21 March and will be held exlusively online. The link to join the event is available here: http://bit.ly/3ZZDXOx.   All times are given in Central European Time (CET, UTC+1).    

Schedule:

20 March

14:00 – Welcome and Introduction  

Session 1 – Chair: Paolo Labinaz (University of Trieste)

14:15 – Précis of the Book Marina Sbisà (University of Trieste)

14:45 – Adducing a reason as illocution Cristina Corredor (UNED, Madrid)

15:30 – Convention, illocution, and cultural evolution Mitchell Green (University of Connecticut)  

16:15 – Break  

Session 2 – Chair: Paolo Labinaz (University of Trieste)

16:30 – Accommodation, illocution, and social construction Rae Langton (Newnham College, University of Cambridge)

17:15 – Open Discussion.   

21 March  

Session 3 – Chair: Madelaine Angelova-Elchinova (University of Sofia)

14:00 – “If you know, you can’t be wrong”  Guy Longworth (University of Warwick)

14:45 – What type of speech act is an utterance of a sentence with a reportative evidential? Velislava Todorova (University of Sofia)

15:30 – Situated assertions and conventional procedures Maciej Witek (University of Szczecin)  

16:15 – Break

Session 4 – Chair: Madelaine Angelova-Elchinova (University of Sofia)

16:30 – Marina’s replies 17:00 –

Conclusion and closing remarks