Third International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics (PhiLang2013)

We plan a special session on Philosophy of Language: The Legacy of Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein.

The following scholars have accepted our invitation to address the conference as plenary speakers:

Kasia Jaszczolt and Chi-Hé Elder (University of Cambridge)

Conditional utterances, conditional thoughts, and the limits of contextualism

Emma Borg (University of Reading)

Semantics and context-sensitivity

John Collins (University of East Anglia)

What is a variable such that a (natural) language may realise one?

Chris Fox (University of Essex)

The meaning of formal semantics

Gary Kemp (University of Glasgow)

Quine and Wittgenstein as regards linguistics as a science

Paul Livingston (University of New Mexico)

The Sense of Finitude and the Finitude of Sense

Mieszko Tałasiewicz (University of Warsaw)

Categorial grammar and the foundations of the philosophy of language

A volume of selected conference proceedings will be published with an international publisher;  we also plan a special volume on The Legacy of Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein.

The conference fee is 175 EUR (125 for doctoral students); 350 PLN (175 for doctoral students) for participants from Poland. It covers the cost of participation, conference materials and conference dinner.

Accommodation will be provided at the University Conference Center, Lodz, Kopcinskiego 16/18 (www.csk.uni.lodz.pl). Single and double rooms are available. The cost of a single room per night is 140 PLN, double 210 PLN, breakfast is included in the price.

Contact: [email protected]