University of Michigan

Fall 2015 Workshop in Philosophy and Linguistics
Workshop Schedule
Version of: October 9, 2015

 

   
 1. Friday, November 20
         Place: 2271 Angell Hall
400-545pm.   Barbara Partee, “Framing the Topic”
           This will be a brief talk, followed by general discussion.
For background on this topic, see Partee's paper Montague's “Linguistic” Work: Motivations, Trajectory, Attitudes.

  2.  Saturday, November 21
         Place: Koessler Room, Michigan League

900-1045am.    Max Cresswell, “Semantics before Montague: The Case of A.N. Prior” abstract
1055am-1240pm.    Hans Kamp, “Tense Logic and the Origins of Formal Semantics”
200-400pm.    Ivano Caponigro, “Report on the Montague Biography Project”
   General discussion.
410-555pm.    Martin Stokhof, “The Amsterdam Connection”
   General discussion.
700-1000 or later.    Dinner and Party at Thomason House
  3.  Sunday, November 22
         Place: Henderson Room, Michigan League
915-1100pm.    Hans Kamp, Jeff Pelletier, Barbara Partee, Panel on UCLA in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s      
1110am-1255pm.    General Discussion