Truth seekers and language lovers, the Midsouth Philosophy Conference, to be held at the Univ. of Memphis 17-18 April 2009, is approaching and now that the penultimate schedule is out I want to highlight a few talks of interest listed in chronological order. (Apologies to those not mentioned. But this is a blog devoted, first and foremost, to truth and semantics. If, however, I missed something relevant to those areas then don't hesitate to let me know. My criterion for inclusion is title of paper. So mistakes can be made.)
FRIDAY, SESSION 3, 5:00-5:50
3B: Hassman, Benjamin <benjamin-hassman@uiowa.edu> University of Iowa
Battling Paradox: Recapturing Reference for (Some) Sorites-Susceptible Predicates
Commentator: Choi, Andrew <choi.402@osu.edu> The Ohio State University
3G: Floyd, Kamper <kamper.floyd@usm.edu> University of Southern Mississippi
Rorty and the Value of Truth
Commentator: Karofsky, Amy <phiadk@hofstra.edu> Hofstra University
SATURDAY, SESSION 4, 9:00-9:50
4I: Karofsky, Amy <phiadk@hofstra.edu> Hofstra University
Against Contingent Truth
Commentator: Shaeffer, Howard Benjamin <hbs1@humboldt.edu> Humboldt State University
SATURDAY, SESSION 6, 11:00-11:50
6B: MartÃnez-Manrique, Fernando <fmmanriq@ugr.es> University of Granada
On the Distinction between Semantic and Conceptual Representation
Commentator: Butler, Jesse <jbutler@uca.edu> University of Central Arkansas
6I: Asay, Jamin <asay@email.unc.edu> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How to Express Ontological Commitment in the Vernacular
Commentator: Gibson, Joel <joel_gibson11@hotmail.com> University of Maryland
FRIDAY, SESSION 3, 5:00-5:50
3B: Hassman, Benjamin <benjamin-hassman@uiowa.edu> University of Iowa
Battling Paradox: Recapturing Reference for (Some) Sorites-Susceptible Predicates
Commentator: Choi, Andrew <choi.402@osu.edu> The Ohio State University
3G: Floyd, Kamper <kamper.floyd@usm.edu> University of Southern Mississippi
Rorty and the Value of Truth
Commentator: Karofsky, Amy <phiadk@hofstra.edu> Hofstra University
SATURDAY, SESSION 4, 9:00-9:50
4I: Karofsky, Amy <phiadk@hofstra.edu> Hofstra University
Against Contingent Truth
Commentator: Shaeffer, Howard Benjamin <hbs1@humboldt.edu> Humboldt State University
SATURDAY, SESSION 6, 11:00-11:50
6B: MartÃnez-Manrique, Fernando <fmmanriq@ugr.es> University of Granada
On the Distinction between Semantic and Conceptual Representation
Commentator: Butler, Jesse <jbutler@uca.edu> University of Central Arkansas
6I: Asay, Jamin <asay@email.unc.edu> The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
How to Express Ontological Commitment in the Vernacular
Commentator: Gibson, Joel <joel_gibson11@hotmail.com> University of Maryland
SATURDAY, SESSION 7, 1:30-2:20
7C: Horton, Michael <michaelhorton@usouthal.edu> University of South Alabama
Multiple Realizability about Truth: Uninterpretable Languages?
Commentator: Hassman, Benjamin <benjamin-hassman@uiowa.edu> University of Iowa
SATURDAY, SESSION 8, 2:30-3:20
8C: McCulley, Sarah <sm348106@ohio.edu> Ohio University
Davidson's Semantical Primitives and Why They Cannot Work
Commentator: Stencil, Eric <stencil@wisc.edu> University of Wisconsin-Madison
SATURDAY, SESSION 10, 4:30-5:20
10B: Waller, Sara <sbw8@case.edu> Case Western Reserve University
Content-Free "Content" and Low Quality Qualia
Commentator: Barnard, Robert <rwbjr@olemiss.edu> University of Mississippi
