{"id":7063,"date":"2021-03-10T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/arche\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=7063"},"modified":"2021-03-15T10:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T10:18:30","slug":"tense-in-semantics-and-philosophy-of-language","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/arche\/event\/tense-in-semantics-and-philosophy-of-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Tense in Semantics and Philosophy of Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This workshop aims to bring together researchers from philosophy and linguistics to discuss tense in natural language. Among the questions to be addressed may be the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Should tense be analyzed with object-language quantifiers and variables, or could an adequate analysis be provided using Priorian operators?<br \/>\nTo what extent should tense and modality receive parallel treatments in semantics?<br \/>\nWhat can we learn from data concerning embedded tenses?<br \/>\nDoes the semantics of tense tell us anything about the metaphysics of time, or vice versa?<br \/>\nAre propositions temporally neutral, or are they time-specific objects with eternal truth-conditions?<br \/>\nCan the compositional semantics of tense tell us anything about whether temporalism or eternalism about propositions is correct?<br \/>\nWhat is the status of the Kaplanian &#8220;operator argument&#8221; for temporalism?<br \/>\nConfirmed speakers are: Dorit Abusch (Cornell) Berit Brogaard (Missouri) Peter Ludlow (Northwstern) Angelika Kratzer (UMass Amherst) Brian Rabern (Edinburgh) Mark Steedman (Edinburgh)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday 5th June<br \/>\n10:00-11:30 Brian Rabern The compositionality argument for temporalism<br \/>\n11:30-11:45 Short break<br \/>\n11:45-13:15 Mark Steedman Computation, Probability, and Temporal Ontology<br \/>\n13:15-14:30 Lunch<br \/>\n14:30-16:00 Berit Brogaard Temporalism and the Problem of Intentionality<br \/>\n16:00-16:30 Tea\/coffee<\/p>\n<p>Friday 6th June<br \/>\n10:00-11:30 Peter Ludlow Four-dimensional Tensism<br \/>\n11:30-11:45 Break<br \/>\n11:45-13:15 Dorit Abusch Temporal succession and aspectual type in visual narrative<br \/>\n13:15-14:30 Lunch<br \/>\n14:30-16:00 Angelika Kratzer Representing temporal relations<br \/>\nThis event is made possible by the generous support of the Scots Philosophical Association.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/arche\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/SPAlogoHorBlack2.jpg\" alt=\"Scots Philosophical Society logo\" width=\"442\" height=\"158\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more information about this event, please send an email to the workshop organisers at arche@st-andrews.ac.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This workshop aims to bring together researchers from philosophy and linguistics to discuss tense in natural language. 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