LINGUIST List 18.1172

Tue Apr 17 2007

Calls: Philosophy of Lang/Switzerland; Applied Ling/UK

Editor for this issue: Ania Kubisz <anialinguistlist.org>


Directory         1.    Louise McNally, European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
        2.    Jean-Marc Dewaele, BAAL-CUP Seminar on Communicative Competence



Message 1: European Society for Philosophy and Psychology
Date: 17-Apr-2007
From: Louise McNally <louise.mcnallyupf.edu>
Subject: European Society for Philosophy and Psychology


Full Title: European Society for Philosophy and Psychology Short Title: ESPP 15

Date: 09-Jul-2007 - 12-Jul-2007 Location: Geneva, Switzerland Contact Person: Philipp Keller Web Site: http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/espp07.html

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language

Call Deadline: 01-May-2007

Meeting Description The 15th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Philosophy and Psychology will be held July 9-12, 2007 at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Final Call for Papers

European Society for Philosophy and Psychology www.eurospp.org

15th Annual Meeting

University of Geneva, Switzerland 9-12 July 2007

Invited Speakers - Michael Waldmann (Göttingen) - Zoltan Szabo (Yale) - Keith Stenning (Edinburg) - Paul Harris (Harvard) (participation to be confirmed) - James Blair (NIMH, Bethesda, USA)

Invited Symposia

Mutual Exclusivity opened by Josef Perner, Salzburg

Children's Conception of Desire opened by Johannes Roessler, Warwick

Attention in Neuropsychology and Philosophy opened by Martin Davies, Oxford

Moral Emotions opened by Kevin Mulligan, Geneva

The Society invites submitted papers, posters and symposia for this meeting.

Topics Previous topics covered at the ESPP include spatial concepts, emotion, perception, simulation theory, attention, reference, problems of consciousness, early numerical cognition, infants' understanding of intentionality, memory and time, motor imagery, causal understanding, counterfactuals, the semantics/pragmatics distinction, reasoning, vagueness, mental causation, action and agency, thought without language, externalism, connectionism, hypnosis, and the interpretation of neuropsychological results.

Submitted Papers Submitted papers are refereed and selected on the basis of quality and relevance to psychologists, philosophers and linguists. Submissions may be by abstract but a full paper is preferred. Papers should not exceed 4000 words.

Posters We particularly welcome poster submissions in 2007. A submission for a poster presentation should consist of a 500-word abstract. Posters will be displayed throughout the conference as well as at designated poster sessions.

Submitted Symposia The convenor should submit a brief (1000 word) description of the symposium topic together with the names of suggested participants (a symposium is expected to contain 3 or 4 speakers in 2 or more distinct fields). Potential convenors should email the description and list of speakers directly to one of the programme chairs by 1 May 2007.

Deadlines Papers and posters should be submitted by 1 May 2007.

How to Submit All abstract and paper submissions should be done online using PDF, PS or MS Word format: http://www.eurospp.org/2007/submission.html

If online submission is impossible, please email your submission to one of the programme chairs listed below.

Programme Chairs

Stephen Butterfill, Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL - email: s.butterfillwarwick.ac.uk

Updates will be made available here [espp website] http://www.eurospp.org/2007/ [conference website] http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/espp07.html
Message 2: BAAL-CUP Seminar on Communicative Competence
Date: 16-Apr-2007
From: Jean-Marc Dewaele <j.dewaelebbk.ac.uk>
Subject: BAAL-CUP Seminar on Communicative Competence



Full Title: BAAL-CUP Seminar on Communicative Competence

Date: 25-Jun-2007 - 25-Jun-2007 Location: Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom Contact Person: Jean-Marc Dewaele Meeting Email: j.dewaelebbk.ac.uk Dr Jean-Marc Dewaele, School of Languages, Linguistics & Culture Birkbeck, University of London 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD. Tel: 020 7631 6180