CFP:
How to Say 'Yes' or 'No': Logical Approaches to Modes of Assertion and Denial
University of Salento
Lecce (Italy), 21-22 January 2016
https://sites.google.com/site/howtosayyesorno/
Description
Assertion and denial are mutually incompatible speech acts. In a classical theory of denial, to deny A is equivalent to asserting ¬A, that is A is correctly denied iff ¬A is correctly asserted.
However, such classical equivalence has been nowadays disputed by many logical and philosophical approaches to assertion and denial.
Aim of the workshop is to develop new modal, substructural and normative approaches to assertion and denial and to provide a fine-grained analysis of the logical constants and operators for these linguistic and epistemic acts. Moreover, we intend to develop new philosophical ideas on assertion and denial.
In this vein innovative analyses for assertion and denial will be proposed.
Topics
- modal, substructural and normative approaches to assertion and denial
- assertion, judgement and modality
- denial
- duality in logic
- negation in assertion and denial
- logical constants and operators for linguistic and epistemic acts
- philosophy of speech acts
- philosophical approaches to denial and assertion
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Contact
Massimiliano Carrara (University of Padua) massimiliano.carrara "at" unipd "dot" it
Daniele Chiffi (University of Padua; University of Salento, Lecce) daniele.chiffi "at" unipd "dot" it
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Call for Papers
There are some spots available for contributed papers. Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words to assertiondenial@gmail.com by November 20, 2015.
In the body of the email in which you submit the abstract, please include author name(s), the title of the talk and your affiliation. Include the abstract in a separate document (PDF) attached in the email with no identifying information in the document. Notification of acceptance/rejection will be given by December 15, 2015.
There will be a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal with selected contributions.
Important Dates
Deadline for submissions: 20 November 2015
Notifications of acceptance: 15 December 2015
Workshop dates: 21 - 22 January 2016