TRUTHMAKERS AND LANGUAGE

ABOUT

This will be a one-day workshop on truthmakers in natural language. It will be held at All Souls College, Oxford, on 15 July 2019, in the Wharton Room. All are welcome, but please register here.

PARTICIPANTS

Simona Aimar

Beau Madison Mount

Kit Fine

Angelika Kratzer

Matt Mandelkern

Daniel Rothschild

Ian Rumfitt

SCHEDULE

9:45
Coffee

10:00 - 12:00
Truthmakers and Truth Conditions
Moderator: Daniel Rothschild
Lead Statement: Ian Rumfitt

12:00-1:00
Lunch

1:00-3:00
Natural Language Motivations
Moderator: Daniel Rothschild
Adverbial quantification: Angelika Kratzer
Scalar Implicatures: Kit Fine, Angelika Kratzer

4:30-4:45
Tea

4:45-6:45
Truthmakers and Conditionals and Modals
Moderator: Matt Mandelkern
Lead statement: Kit Fine

6:45-7:30
Drinks

CONTACT

The workshop is being organized jointly by Angelika, Daniel, Matt, and Simona. Contact Daniel for any questions. We are grateful to All Souls College, the Leverhulme Trust, and the UCL Department of Philosophy for sponsoring this event.

Image: Oskar Schlemmer, Raumtanz, Diagramm für Gestentanz, 1926