Vagueness in Language, Reasoning and Cognition

January 27, 2012 - January 28, 2012

The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam

De Doelenzaal (University Library)
Singel 425
Amsterdam
Netherlands

Speakers:

Chris Barker

New York University

Sigrid Beck

Universität Tübingen

Pablo Cobreros

Universidad de Navarra

Raquel Fernández

University of Amsterdam

Yael Greenberg

Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan

Yael Greenberg

Bar Ilan University

Gerhard Jäger

Universität Tübingen

Louise McNally

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Peter Pagin

Stockholm University

Agustín Rayo

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tamina Stephenson

Yale University

Gert Storms

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

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Friday 27 January

10:00 - 11:00 Francis Jeffry Pelletier: On Ultimate Causes of Vagueness
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Sigrid Beck: t.b.a.
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Yael Greenberg: Domain Vague Modal Operators
14:30 - 15:30 Pablo Cobreros: Tolerant Identity
15:30 - 16:00 Tea
16:00 - 17:00 Agustín Rayo: A Localist Account of Vagueness
17:00 - 18:00 Chris Barker: Negotiating Temperature Standards
19:00 - Dinner

Saturday 28 January
10:00 - 11:00 Louise McNally: Vagueness and Lack Thereof in the Verbal Domain
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee
11:15 - 12:15 Gert Storms: Formal Models to Study Vagueness in Everyday Semantic Concepts
12:15 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 Raquel Fernández: Rovira Granularity in Referential Tasks: Experimental Evidence
14:30 - 15:30 Gerhard Jäger: Vagueness, Signaling & Bounded Rationality
15:30 - 16:00 Tea
16:00 - 17:00 t.b.a.
17:00 - 18:00 Peter Pagin: Gaps and Higher-Order Vagueness

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