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Wed May 5 2004

Confs: Cognitive Science/Semantics/Paris, France

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    Message 1: New Aspects of Compositionality 2004

    Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 06:52:32 -0400 (EDT)
    From: werning <werningphil.uni-duesseldorf.de>
    Subject: New Aspects of Compositionality 2004


    New Aspects of Compositionality 2004 Short Title: NAC

    Date: 18-Jun-2004 - 20-Jun-2004 Location: Paris, France Contact: Edouard Machery Contact Email: macherympib-berlin.mpg.de Meeting URL: http://www.cognition.ens.fr/nac2004/

    Linguistic Sub-field: Semantics, Cognitive Science

    Meeting Description:

    New Aspects of Compositionality An Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science Paris, France June 18 to June 20, 2004

    CONFERENCE AIM

    The conference New Aspects of Compositionality is to take place at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and at the Ecole Normale Sup�rieure, France, from June 18 to June 20, 2004. It continues an earlier conference in D�sseldorf.

    Compositionality is a key feature of structured representational systems, be they linguistic, mental or neuronal. A system of representations is called compositional just in case the semantic values of complex representations are determined by the semantic values of their parts.

    The conference brings together internationally renowned scholars from various disciplines of the cognitive sciences, including philosophers, psychologists, linguists, computer scientists and neuroscientists. The speakers will address the issue of compositionality from very different perspectives. It is the aim of the conference to further the exchange of views on compositionality across the disciplines and to explore the implications and condition of compositionality as a property of representational systems in the study of language, mind and brain.

    More information can be found at the conference website: http://www.cognition.ens.fr/nac2004/

    INVITED SPEAKERS

    The list of invited speakers includes Denis Bonnay (University of Paris I), Tim Fernando (Trinity College, Dublin), Laleh Ghadakpour and Jean-Louis Dessalles (ENST, Paris), James Hampton (City University, London), Wilfrid Hodges (University of London), James Hurford (University of Edimburgh), Pierre Jacob (Institut Jean-Nicod), Peter Pagin (University of Stockohlm), Paul Pietroski (University of Maryland), Fran�ois R�canati (Institut Jean-Nicod), Gerhard Schurz (Heinrich Heine University D�sseldorf), Dag Westerstahl (University of Goteborg) and Markus Werning (Heinrich Heine University D�sseldorf).

    ORGANIZATION

    The conference is the result of cooperation between the Institut Jean-Nicod, the University of Paris-Sorbonne, the Ecole Normale Superieure in France and Heinrich Heine University of D�sseldorf in Germany. It is supported by the RESCIF.

    Its is organized by - Edouard Machery, Department of Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris, Insitut Jean-Nicod, Paris and Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin; - Markus Werning, Department of Philosophy, Heinrich Heine University and Center for Language, Logic, and Information, D�sseldorf;

    SCIENTIFIC BOARD

    - Daniel Andler, Department of Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris, and Department of Cognitive Studies, ENS-Ulm, Paris; - Peter Carruthers, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland; - James Hampton, Department of Psychology, City University London; - Douglas Medin, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston; - Jesse Prinz, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill; - Francois Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris; - Philippe Schlenker, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles, and Institut Jean-Nicod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris; - Dag Westerstahl, Department of Philosophy, University of Gotenborg.