THE INTERNATIONAL PHILOSOPHICAL CONFERENCE
\nIdeal Meanings and Real Contents: The Transcending Ability of Mind and Language
\nZagreb\, Institute of Philosophy
\nNovember 5th&ndash\; 7th\, 2026
\nCALL FOR PAPERS
\nOne of the hallmarks of modern philosophy is its treatment of meanings &ndash\; both of thoughts and linguistic (symbolic) expressions &ndash\; as &ldquo\;ideal&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;abstract\,&rdquo\; in contrast to the &ldquo\;real&rdquo\; or &ldquo\;concrete&rdquo\; character of entities that convey them. Although this view emerged already in the early 19th century\, most notably in Bolzano&rsquo\;s work\, it was articulated most clearly by Frege and became central to his &ldquo\;antipsychologistic&rdquo\; stance &ndash\; a programmatic position adopted by many German speaking philosophers around 1900. While enthusiasm for ideal meanings declined in the decades to follow\, both phenomenologically and analytically minded thinkers retained a deep interest in the objectifying capacity of language and consciousness. Following Brentano\, they started to address this capacity by a common label &ndash\; intentionality. Yet the shared term conceals important differences: for instance\, it has become customary to treat linguistic meanings and the meaningfulness of our experiences as distinct phenomena\, each giving rise to specialized fields of inquiry. The conference Ideal Meanings and Real Contents: The Transcending Ability of Mind and Language aims to trace these diverse approaches to their common philosophical roots and to consider the current controversies from a broader perspective. We therefore invite paper proposals addressing both historical interpretations and contemporary debates on intentionality across disciplines such as philosophy of mind\, philosophy of language\, logic\, metaphysics\, epistemology\, and cognitive science.
\nConfirmed keynote speakers: - Johannes Brandl (University of Salzburg) - Katalin Farkas (Central European University\, Vienna) - Srećko Kovač (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb) - Alberto Voltolini (University of Turin)
\nOfficial language of the conference is English.
\nDeadline: Those interested to present a paper\, should submit their 200 to 400 words abstract in English no later than August 1\, 2026 to: davor@ifzg.hr
\nConference fee is 100 euros. Those whose abstracts are accepted for the conference presentation should pay the fee no later than September 15\, 2026.
\nOrganising committee: Gabriela Ba&scaron\;ić Hanžek (University of Split)\, Du&scaron\;an Dožudić (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb)\, Ljudevit Hanžek (University of Split)\, Tomislav Janović (University of Zagreb)\, Davor Pećnjak (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb)\, Ivan Restović (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb)\, Dario &Scaron\;karica (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb/University of Split)
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\nhttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfm-B5c_4XQq78ZnSGgq3jzC_R8GmilgKitF0ltUF6_VK3HSw/viewform?usp=header
\nSubmission deadline
\nDECEMBER 7\, 2026
\nTopics
\nslurs\, pejoratives\, expressive meaning\, crosslinguistic data\, derogatory speech
\nSubmission guidelines
\nWe invite submission of abstracts for 30-minute oral presentations (with an additional 20 minutes for questions). Abstracts should be anonymous\, the main text should be 2 pages in length\, with an optional third page for glossed examples\, references\, or figures. (Note: use a third page for examples only when they are non-English examples and are glossed.) Abstracts are due before DECEMBER 7\, 2026 and should be submitted via Google Forms at the link above. \;We expect to notify authors of their acceptance at the begining of February 2027.
\n(NOTE: We are aware that mentioning slurs is a controversial issue. We will not\, however\, take a stance on this matter\, but we'd like to ask submitters to be sensitive to the issue.)
\nWe especially encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.
\nContact
\nAll questions about submission should be emailed to stalnetwork@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Isidora Stojanovic;CN=Dan Zeman;CN=Julija Perhat;CN=Nino Kadic;CN=Dusko Dozudic: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261102T105913Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20270511T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20270512T170000 SUMMARY:Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL-2027) UID:20261103T133446Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@fe80:0:0:0:7427:c1ff:fef2:4540%3 TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Institut za filozofiju (Institute of Philosophy)\, Ulica grada Vukovara 54\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, 10000 DESCRIPTION:Description
\nSlurring Terms Across Languages (STAL-2027) is an international and interdisciplinary workshop whose primary aim is to gather work on slurs (and\, more generally\, on expressive meaning) from languages that have been seldom discussed in the recent philosophical and semantic literature\, and in particular\, from sign languages and non-Indo-European languages. It aims to bring to light new empirical data and uncover novel interesting phenomena that may have the potential to challenge current theories of slurs and expressive meaning. We search for theoretical and empirical studies from such languages\, comparisons with English\, as well as wider cross-linguistic approaches. We also welcome developments of extant theories in application to the new data or previously neglected phenomena.
\nTopics: slurs\, pejoratives\, expressive meaning\, crosslinguistic data\, derogatory speech
\nProgram Committee: Justina Berskyte (University of Manchester)\, Bianca Cepollaro (University Vita-Salute San Raffaele)\, Ivan Cerovac (University of Rijeka)\, Filippo Domaneschi (University of Genoa)\, Leopold Hess (Jagiellonian University)\, Elsi Kaiser (University of Southern California)\, Chang Liu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)\, Nicolas Lo Guercio (CONICET/University of Buenos Aires)\, Elin McCready (ICREA/Autonomous University of Barcelona)\, Alba Moreno Zurita (University of Santiago de Compostela)\, Eleonora Orlando (CONICET/University of Buenos Aires)\, Julija Perhat (Institute of Philosophy\, Zagreb)\, Camilo Rodriguez Ronderos (University of Oslo)\, André\;s Saab (SADAF/University of Buenos Aires)\, Isidora Stojanovic (Pompeu Fabra University)\, Simone Sulpizio (University of Milano-Bicocca)\, Dan Zeman (University of Porto).
\nOrganizing committee
\nThe workshop is organized by Isidora Stojanovic (Pompeu Fabra University)\, Dan Zeman (University of Porto)\, Julija Perhat (Institute of Philosophy Zagreb)\, Du&scaron\;ko Dožudić (Institute of Philosophy Zagreb) and Nino Kadić (Institute of Philosophy Zagreb)\, and is part of the activities of the STAL Network (https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork).
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