Dear all, We am writing to inform you that we will be starting a reading group on Semantics, Pragmatics and Philosophy, co-organized by Sadiyah Shahidullah and Xiaoxuan Chen, and mentored by Professor Kasia Jaszczolt. We will be meeting fortnightly 3-4pm on Fridays in Newnham College, Kennedy Building room 109 (from November 1st to November 29th). Everyone is very much welcome so please feel free to forward this message to others who might be interested. Please email us if you want to join the seminar so that we can have an updated mailing list.
For the first meeting, we will be reading the following (pp. 5-44 of the book): King, J. C. 2014. What Role Do Propositions Play in our Theories? In: J. C. King, S. Soames & J. Speaks (Eds.), New Thinking about Propositions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from: https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693764.001.0001/acprof-9780199693764-chapter-1 [October 14, 2019]. Speaks, J. 2014. What’s Wrong with Semantic Theories which Make No Use of Propositions? In: J. C. King, S. Soames & J. Speaks (Eds.), New Thinking about Propositions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from: https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693764.001.0001/acprof-9780199693764-chapter-2 [October 14, 2019]. Soames, S. 2014. Why the Traditional Conceptions of Propositions Can’t Be Correct. In: J. C. King, S. Soames & J. Speaks (Eds.), New Thinking about Propositions. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199693764.001.0001/acprof-9780199693764-chapter-3 [October 14, 2019]. We look forward to seeing you! Best wishes, Sadiyah Shahidullah & Xiaoxuan Chen _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
