Workshop:

ISSUES IN THE THEORY OF REFERENCE

Barcelona, 14-16 April, 1999

University of Barcelona

Department of Philosophy (Facultat de Filosofia)

c. Baldiri Reixac, s/n

Room: Sala de Juntes

Program

WEDNESDAY 14 APRIL

12-1’30: Diego Marconi (Univ. of Torino): Semantics, Normative and Descriptive

1'30-3'30: LUNCH

3'30 - 5: Filip Buekens (Tilburg Univ.), Xavier van Mechelen (U. of Leuven)

Demonstrative Judgements and Akratic Actions

5'15-6'30: Miguel Angel Hernando (MIT): Reference, Belief Attribution and Recognition Failure

THURSDAY 15 APRIL

9'30-11'30: David Kaplan (UCLA) The Meaning of 'Ouch' and 'Oops'

11'30-12: COFFEE

12 - 1'30: François Récanati (CREA): Deference and Indexicality

1'30-3'30: LUNCH

3'30 - 5: Jorge Rodríguez Marqueze (Univ. of Oviedo) Linguistic meaning, character and

propositions

5'15-6'30: Alberto Voltolini (Univ. Piemonte Orientale, Vercelli):

Can there be a Uniform Conception of Direct Reference?

FRIDAY 16 APRIL

9'30-11'30: David Kaplan (UCLA) Meaning as Use

11'30-12: COFFEE

12 - 1'30: Joseph Almog (UCLA) Semantics “From Above”

1'30-3'30: LUNCH

3'30 - 5: Mathias Paul (WWU Münster): Referential Communication, Content and Coordination

5'15-6'30: Genoveva Martí (Univ. of London) Rigid Designators and New Theories of Reference