Philosophy Conferences and Calls for Papers

1st LISBON WORKSHOP ON SEMANTICS
http://pwp.netcabo.pt/QED/semantics.htm

FACULTY OF LETTERS, UNIVERSITY OF LISBON
6-7 October 2006

DESCRIPTION
The Lisbon Workshops on Semantics provide a forum where some of the best work currently done in the field of semantics and adjacent fields is presented and discussed. By promoting scientific interaction among semanticists working from different perspectives and in different disciplines (Philosophy, Linguistics, etc.), the Lisbon Workshops on Semantics are expected to contribute to the development of new views on some important semantical issues. Among the topics that might be discussed are indexicality, the semantics of tense, truth-theoretic vs. use-based accounts of meaning, the semantics of attitude reports, the semantics of anaphora, the semantics of names and descriptions, the divide between pragmatics and semantics, the semantic role of speakers intentions, context and content, the semantics of quantification, rigidity, modality, the semantics of adjectives, theories of reference, and the semantics of pronouns.

HOSTING INSTITUTIONS
The Lisbon Workshops on Semantics are hosted by the Instituto Filosófico de Pedro Hispano (Peter of Spain Philosophy Institute), Department of Philosophy, University of Lisbon. Peter of Spain, the Portuguese medieval logician and philosopher, was himself an influential semanticist in the Middle Ages, having developed a highly sophisticated theory of reference (suppositio) for general terms. The 1st Lisbon Workshop on Semantics is part of the Project on Content (POCI/FIL/55562/2004), a research project carried out at the Philosophy Centre of the Universisty of Lisbon, funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, and coordinated by Adriana Silva Graça.

ORGANIZATION
The 1st Lisbon Workshop on Semantics is organized by João Branquinho (University of Lisbon) and Jason Stanley (Rutgers University).

PARTICIPANTS
Chris Barker, New York University
António Branco, University of Lisbon
João Branquinho, University of Lisbon
Paul Elbourne, University of London
Delia Graff Fara, Princeton University
Jeffrey King, University of Southern California
Nikola Kompa, University of Münster
Peter Ludlow, University of Michigan
Adriana Silva Graça, University of Lisbon
Pedro Santos, University of Algarve
Jason Stanley, Rutgers University
Zoltán Gendler Szabó, Yale University

REGISTRATION
There is no registration fee. Since space is limited, however, anyone planning to attend the workshop should register as soon as possible by contacting the local organizer, João Branquinho, at jbranquinho@netcabo.pt