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Month: November 2011
New Linguistics Entries in SEP
Two interesting new entries in the Stanford Encyclopedia: Philosophy of Linguistics, by Barbara C. Scholz, Francis Jeffry Pelletier, and Geoffrey K. Pullum Montague Semantics, by Theo M. V. Janssen
CfP: Mind, Language and Cognition: Historical Perspectives.
The first annual conference of the Society for the Study of the History of Analytical Philosophy will be held at McMaster University, Hamilton (Canada) 24-26 May 2012. Invited Speakers Michael Friedman (Stanford University)Paolo Mancosu (University of California, Berkeley)Thomas Uebel (University of Manchester) Canadian Student Presenters Travel Bursaries SSHAP will be offering up to 10 travel … Continue reading CfP: Mind, Language and Cognition: Historical Perspectives.
The Problem of Induction
From Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:
Postdoc in Proof Theory in Vienna
The Vienna University of Technology is looking to recruit one Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work on the FWF-funded project "Nonclassical Proofs: theory, applications and tools", under the direction of Agata Ciabattoni. The work will take place within the Institute of Computer Languages (Theory and Logic group) of the Vienna University of Technology. The post is … Continue reading Postdoc in Proof Theory in Vienna
Four Experimental Studies on Vagueness
Phil Serchuk's paper (with Ian Hargreaves and me) describing some experimental philosophy of logic he did when he was writing his undergrad thesis with me back in '05 is now out in Mind and Language. It's a response to a 1999 paper by Tim Williamson together with psychologists Bonini, Osherson, and Viale, and we also … Continue reading Four Experimental Studies on Vagueness
Vagueness, logic and use: Four experimental studies on vagueness
Source
Mind and Language 26 (2011) 540–573
(with Phil Serchuk and Ian Hargreaves)