Philosophica is an analytic philosophy conference series hosted by the Institute of Philosophy at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. The theme of this edition of the conference is words and language, engaging with philosophical work addressing the nature of expressions, meaning, and natural language more broadly construed.

We invite contributions on topics like the ontology of words, pragmatic features of expressions, meaning in natural language (metasemantics), or the relationship between words and language, among others.

Topics broadly related to natural language are welcome; contributions do not need to place special emphasis on words as such, though this is welcome. Interdisciplinary perspectives drawing on linguistics, semantics, metaphysics, and other relevant areas are also welcome.

Submission Guidelines

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words in length (excluding references). Please include 4-5 keywords.

Submissions should be suitable for 30-minute slots (20 minutes for presenting, 10 minutes for discussion). We invite both presentations in English.

List of Topics

• The ontology of words
• Pragmatic features of expressions
• Meaning in natural language
• Word-language relationship
• Linguistic issues relating to meaning
• Speech acts, communication, etc.

Invited Speakers

• Matti Eklund (Uppsala University)

• Luca Gasparri (National Centre for Scientific Research, France)

• James Miller (Durham University)

• Julia Zakkou (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)

Venue

The conference will be held at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, hosted by the Institute of Philosophy.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to philosophica.event@gmail.com