PHILANG

The Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Lodz announces the Ninth International Conference on Philosophy of Language and Linguistics. As in previous years, the principal aim of our Conference is to bring together philosophers, linguists, and logicians, as well as researchers interested in argumentation, philosophy of literature, and philosophy of mind.

We invite submission of abstracts on any topic in the philosophy of language and linguistics, broadly understood. We encourage innovative work and works in progress, and we are always keen to attract new researchers at the beginning of their careers. Priority will be given to abstracts which are situated within the current state of the art and look to go beyond it.

Important information

Abstracts of papers, in MS Word format, of max. 300 words (followed by 5-7 key terms) should be forwarded by e-mail to: philang2025@uni.lodz.pl . The deadline for submission is 18 January 2025. Presentations should last maximum 30 minutes (including discussion and questions). Notification of acceptance will be sent by 1 March 2025.

The conference will not be held in a hybrid form. All participants should be present with us in Lodz.
 
Selected conference proceedings will be published in a monographic volume and special issues of international journals.

The fifth edition of PhilArg aims to continue the investigation of the philosophical foundations of argumentation theory, and, in particular, to examine further its links with linguistics and the philosophy of language. The theme for this edition is The Individual Arguer: Goals, Functions and Effects of Arguments. We remain open to submissions to present innovative research on all aspects of argumentation and rhetoric.

We intend to maintain our tradition of publishing selected papers from the workshop and intend to prepare a special issue of the journal Argumentation.

We are delighted to announce that our plenary speaker will be Dima Mohammed, Nova University, Lisbon.

Topics are wide-ranging and may include:

*Argument Functions *Arguer Goals * Argument Evaluation  * Language and Argument  * Rhetoric and Argument * Fallacy Theory  * Logic in Argumentation  * Argument-mining   * Argumentative Discourse  * Multimodal Argumentation *Argument and Technology

Travel:

Lodz airport (LCJ) currently has regular connections to London (STN), Nottingham, Birmingham, Dublin, Alicante, Malaga, Brussels, and Milan.

Lodz is also easily accessible by train from Warsaw airport (WAW) which has a wide range of international and domestic flights.

Attendees arriving by train should check which of the main stations is closest to their hotel. The faculty building is situated between the intercity hubs Lodz Widzew and Lodz Fabryczna, and is walking distance from the local stations Lodz Niciarniana and Lodz Stoki. The intercity train timetable is here.

The faculty can be reached by tram no. 17, stop: Lumumby. Many trams, and bus no. 86, also call at the nearby stop: Pomorska-Konstytucyjna. You may also alight at the stop Narutowicza-Radiostacja and approach the building from the rear. More details on public transport are available here.

Accommodation:

There are a large number of accommodation options in the centre of Lodz.

Close to the faculty building, a budget option is BB Consul, a little further away Villa Masoneria.

Please e-mail us at: philang2025@uni.lodz.pl