"Philosophy of Language and Linguistics," University of Łódź, Poland, May 14-15, 2009.

The Department of English and General Linguistics at University of Łódź announces the first International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics. The title of the Conference is deliberately ambiguous: we wish to investigate the relation between 'philosophy of language' and 'linguistics', but we also want to focus on 'philosophy of language' as opposed to 'philosophy of linguistics'. Are the two in opposition, or do they perhaps complement one another? We also intend to question and verify 'the myths and dogmas' current in contemporary philosophy of language. The principal aim of our Conference is to bring together philosophers and linguists; we would like the papers to address the following issues (the list is not exhaustive): - what are the new problems and issues in the philosophy of language in the 21st century? - have any traditional problems been successfully solved? - how does research in linguistics influence the philosophy of language and philosophy of linguistics? - how does philosophy influence modern linguistics? We also invite papers investigating the relation between philosophy of language and literature and literary theories. The following scholars have accepted our invitation to address the conference as plenary speakers: *Eros Corazza & Kepa Korta (Carleton University, Ottawa & ILCLI, Donostia-San Sebastian) on "Two Dogmas of Philosophical Linguistics" *Katarzyna Jaszczolt (Department of Linguistics, University of Cambridge) on "Time in Language and Thought" *Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Łódź) on "Events as they are" *Michael Morris (Department of Philosophy, University of Sussex) on "The Myth of the Sign" *Jaroslav Peregrin (Department of Logic, Charles University, Prague) on "The Myth of Semantic Structure" Abstracts of papers of max. 500 words should be forwarded by e-mail to philang2009@uni.lodz.pl and to piotrst@uni.lodz.pl. Deadline for submission is 31 December 2008. Presentations should last max. 30 minutes (including discussion and questions). Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 March 2009. A volume of conference proceedings will be published with an international publisher. The conference fee is 150 EUR (100 EUR for PhD students). It covers the cost of participation, conference materials and conference dinner. Accommodation will be provided at the University of Łódź Conference Center (Łódź, Kopcińskiego 16/18). Single and double rooms are available. The cost of a single room per night is 140 PLN, double 210 PLN, breakfast is included in the price. Mail and questions concerning registration and accommodation should be directed to philang2009@uni.lodz.pl and to rasinski@uni.lodz.pl Organizing committee: prof. dr hab. Piotr Stalmaszczyk ( piotrst@uni.lodz.pl ) prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kosecki ( kosecki@uni.lodz.pl ) dr Janusz Badio ( jbadio@uni.lodz.pl ) Jerzy Gaszewski ( jgaszewski@op.pl ) Ryszard Rasiński ( rasinski@uni.lodz.pl )