CFA – Philosophica II: Words and Language (submission deadline May 1st, 2026)
Philosophica is an analytic philosophy conference series hosted by the Institute of Philosophy at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. The theme of this edition of the conference is words and language, engaging with philosophical work addressing the nature of expressions, meaning, and natural language more broadly construed.
Plenary speakers:
- Matti Eklund (Uppsala University)
- Luca Gasparri (CNRS)
- James Miller (Durham University)
- Julia Zakkou (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf)
We invite abstracts on topics like the ontology of words, pragmatic features of expressions, meaning in natural language (metasemantics), or the relationship between words and language, among others.
Topics broadly related to natural language are welcome; contributions do not need to place special emphasis on words as such, though this is welcome. Interdisciplinary perspectives drawing on linguistics, semantics, metaphysics, and other relevant areas are also welcome.
The conference will take place from the 17th to the 18th of September 2026.
This will be an in-person event; there will be no online component.
Additional details:
- Submitted abstracts should be no more than 400 words (not including references); please also include 4-5 key words.
- Submissions should be in English and suitable for 30-minute slots (20 minutes for presenting, 10 minutes for discussion).
- The submission deadline is the first of May, 2026 (01/05/2026).
This is a link to the conference page: https://philosophica.edu.pl/
This is a link to the PhilEvents page: https://philevents.org/event/show/144322
Submissions should be made through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/cfp/Phi2
