7.675, Confs: Thought and Language, Semantics & Ling Theory

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- LINGUIST List: Vol-7-675. Fri May 10 1996. ISSN: 1068-4875. Lines: 167 Subject: 7.675, Confs: Thought and Language, Semantics & Ling Theory Moderators: Anthony Rodrigues Aristar: Texas A&M U. <aristar(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Helen Dry: Eastern Michigan U. <hdry(a)emunix.emich.edu> (On Leave) T. Daniel Seely: Eastern Michigan U. <dseely(a)emunix.emich.edu> Associate Editor: Ljuba Veselinova <lveselin(a)emunix.emich.edu> Assistant Editors: Ron Reck <rreck(a)emunix.emich.edu> Ann Dizdar <dizdar(a)tam2000.tamu.edu> Annemarie Valdez <avaldez(a)emunix.emich.edu> Software development: John H. Remmers <remmers(a)emunix.emich.edu> Editor for this issue: avaldez(a)emunix.emich.edu (Annemarie Valdez) We'd appreciate your limiting conference announcements to 150 lines, so that we can post more than 1 per issue. Please consider omitting information useful only to attendees, such as information on housing, transportation, or rooms and times of sessions. Please do not use abbreviations or acronyms for your conference unless you explain them in your text. Many people outside your area of specialization will not recognize them. Thank you for your cooperation. ---------------------------------Directory----------------------------------- 1) Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 15:40:55 BST From: J.M.Preston(a)reading.ac.uk (John Preston) Subject: Philosophy Language Conference 2) Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 12:37:06 EDT From: dseely(a)emunix.emich.edu (Daniel Seely) Subject: Preliminary Announcement of SALT-97 (corrected) (fwd) ---------------------------------Messages------------------------------------ 1) Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 15:40:55 BST From: J.M.Preston(a)reading.ac.uk (John Preston) Subject: Philosophy Language Conference THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY ANNUAL CONFERENCE THOUGHT AND LANGUAGE FRIDAY 20TH - SUNDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 1996 THE UNIVERSITY OF READING PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME FRIDAY 20TH SEPT. 2.00 p.m. DONALD DAVIDSON, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: (TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED). 4.00 p.m. JOHN COTTINGHAM, THE UNIVERSITY OF READING: The only sure sign...: Thought and Language in Descartes. 8.30 p.m. ANDREW WOODFIELD, UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL: Social Externalism and Conceptual Diversity. SATURDAY 21ST SEPT. 9.30 a.m. JOHN SEARLE, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY: (TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED). 11.30 a.m. LAWRENCE WEISKRANTZ, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: (TITLE TO BE ANNOUNCED). 2.00 p.m. HANJO GLOCK, THE UNIVERSITY OF READING: Philosophy, Thought and Language. 4.00 p.m. WILLARD VAN ORMAN QUINE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY: The Flowering of Thought in Language. SUNDAY 22ND SEPT. 9.30 a.m. KATHLEEN V.WILKES, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD: Talking to Rats, Bats and Cats. 11.30 a.m. CHRISTOPHER HOOKWAY, UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD: Epistemic Norms and Semantic Rules. 2.00 p.m. DANIEL DENNETT, TUFTS UNIVERSITY: How to Do Other Things with Words. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION Booking arrangements: The 1996 Royal Institute of Philosophy Conference will be held from Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd September, at the University of Reading. Accommodation will be provided on campus in single study bedrooms at Whiteknights and Windsor Halls, which are University Halls of residence (we regret that no double rooms are available). Accommodation fees include the cost of all meals from Friday lunch until Sunday lunch. Meals (with the exception of the main Conference Dinner on Saturday 21st Sept.) will also be taken in the Halls. Accommodation fees include ticket for the main Conference Dinner, plus all other meals, and refreshments. Accommodation without meals cannot be booked. For those not requiring accommodation, individual meals may be booked as indicated on the Booking Form. The University of Reading is easily accessible from the M4 motorway, and is a short bus or taxi ride from Reading British Rail train station. Fast trains between London, Paddington and Reading, and between Oxford and Reading, take 30 minutes. Full details of the conference will be sent to those who register. To receive a booking form, please send your complete postal (not email) address to the Conference Organiser: John Preston, Department of Philosophy, The University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AA, England. (Tel. 01734 318325). (Fax. 01734 318295). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Date: Thu, 09 May 1996 12:37:06 EDT From: dseely(a)emunix.emich.edu (Daniel Seely) Subject: Preliminary Announcement of SALT-97 (corrected) (fwd) Seventh Conference on Semantics and Linguistic Theory SALT-97 Preliminary Announcement SEMANTICS and LINGUISTIC THEORY Seventh Annual Meeting Stanford University Stanford, CA March 21-23, 1997 Inquiries welcome by e-mail to salt7(a)csli.stanford.edu or at the following address: SALT-97 Committee Stanford University Department of Linguistics Stanford, CA 94305-2150 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LINGUIST List: Vol-7-675.