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
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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