Who we are
The UConn Meaning Group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the academic year to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language. It consists primarily of faculty and graduate students in the Departments of Linguistics and Philosophy, but is open to anyone interested in the topics. Anyone who would like to be on the mailing list is invited to get in touch.
In Spring 2023, regular meetings will be held on Thursdays 1:45-2:45pm in Oak Hall 338.
Related events (Linguistics and Philosophy feeds)
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4/6
Transcribathon
Transcribathon
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus Online
“Transcribathon” describes the full range of the Early Modern Studies Working Group’s efforts to teach and develop the skills of paleography. Critical to researching the early modern period is the ability to read manuscripts. This is not always so easy! Thus, our ongoing paleography workshop is designed to provide introductory tutelage and regular practice.Contact Information: katharine.beene@uconn.edu
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4/7
Deadline for General Exams, Masters Exams, Proposals, and Prospectuses
Deadline for General Exams, Masters Exams, Proposals, and Prospectuses
Friday, April 7th, 2023
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Storrs Campus n/a
Deadline for Philosophy graduate students to submit General Exam, MA Exam, Proposal, and ProspectusContact Information: Heather Battaly (heather.battaly@uconn.edu)
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4/7
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Christopher Rahlwes
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Christopher Rahlwes
Friday, April 7th, 2023
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus TBD
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense for PhD in Philosophy
"Negation, Denial, and Silence: What Classical Indian and Chinese Proto-logics Tell Us about Negative Speech Acts"Contact Information: Alexus McLeod (almcleo@indiana.edu)
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4/7
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Christopher Rahlwes
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Christopher Rahlwes
Friday, April 7th, 2023
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus Manchester 227/Teams
"Negation, Denial, and Classical Asian Logics"
Philosophy PhD CandidateContact Information: Alexus McLeod, almcleo@indiana.edu
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4/13
Reading Group
Reading Group
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus UCHI
The Early Modern Reading Group brings together graduate students and faculty for lively, enriching conversations about texts with cross-disciplinary value. This semester we are reading Lady Ranelagh: The Incomparable Life of Robert Boyle's Sister.Contact Information: katharine.beene@uconn.edu
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4/14
Philosophy Department Colloquium: Michael Hannon (Nottingham, Harvard)
Philosophy Department Colloquium: Michael Hannon (Nottingham, Harvard)
Friday, April 14th, 2023
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Humanities Institute Conference Room, Homer Babbidge Library
Michael Hannon (Nottingham, Harvard)
"Is Epistemic Democracy Self-Undermining?"
In this talk, I try to resolve a dilemma for epistemic theories of democracy. The dilemma, briefly, is that epistemic theories of democracy are either not epistemic or not democratic. If there is a procedure-independent standard for correct political outcomes (as epistemic democrats commonly claim), then either (a) we must appeal to those who know what the correct decision is, in which case the decision-making process is not democratic, or (b) we must insist on the democratic decision-making process itself, in which case we cannot defend democracy on epistemic grounds. To dissolve this dilemma, I articulate a new theory of epistemic democracy. I maintain that we can evaluate the outcomes of democratic procedures along various epistemic dimensions without identifying a particular standard of correctness and without appealing to epistemic authorities as arbiters of truth.Contact Information: Lynne Tirrell (lynne.tirrell@uconn.edu)
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4/14
Linguistics Colloquium
Linguistics Colloquium
Friday, April 14th, 2023
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Oak 112
Byron AhnContact Information: Zixi Liu, zixi.liu@uconn.edu
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4/20
Transcribathon
Transcribathon
Thursday, April 20th, 2023
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Storrs Campus Online
“Transcribathon” describes the full range of the Early Modern Studies Working Group’s efforts to teach and develop the skills of paleography. Critical to researching the early modern period is the ability to read manuscripts. This is not always so easy! Thus, our ongoing paleography workshop is designed to provide introductory tutelage and regular practice.Contact Information: katharine.beene@uconn.edu
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4/20
Sixth Annual Ruth Garrett Millikan Graduate Research Fellowship
Sixth Annual Ruth Garrett Millikan Graduate Research Fellowship
Thursday, April 20th, 2023
04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus Teams
The recipient of this Fellowship will be an outstanding ABD graduate student in Philosophy who will use it to further their research and professional preparation in the summer of 2023.
The Ruth Garrett Millikan Graduate Research Fellowship was created in 2017 with the aid of generous admirers, friends, and colleagues of Professor Ruth Garrett Millikan, one of the world’s most distinguished living philosophers, and a cherished member of UConn’s philosophical community.Contact Information: Heather Battaly (heather.battaly@uconn.edu)
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4/21
Logic Colloquium: Liesbeth De Mol (Lille)
Logic Colloquium: Liesbeth De Mol (Lille)
Friday, April 21st, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus Zoom
Join us in the Logic Colloquium for a talk by Liesbeth De Mol!
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https://logic.uconn.edu/calendar/Contact Information: logic@uconn.edu
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Contact us
Phone: | (860) 486-8123 |
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E-mail: | stefan.kaufmann@uconn.edu |
Address: | c/o Stefan Kaufmann Department of Linguistics 365 Fairfield Way, Unit 1145 Storrs, CT 06269-1145 |