Keynote Speaker: Angelika Kratzer (UMASS, Amherst)

Professor Kratzer's area of specialization is formal semantics, a subdiscipline of linguistics with close ties to philosophy of language, logic, and cognitive psychology. She is on the advisory boards of the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin and the Institute for Logic, Language, and Computation (ILLC) in Amsterdam, and on the visiting committee for the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at MIT. She co-edits Natural Language Semantics (with Irene Heim), and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Semantics, the Journal of Philosophical Logic, Linguistics and Philosophy, Linguistic Inquiry, and Semantics and Pragmatics.

Professor Kratzer has also recently published a book of collected and revised papers titled Modals and Conditionals: New and Revised Perspectives. For other published work, please see her Google Scholar Profile and her Philpapers profile.

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Congratulations to Osasha Fertal (Agnes Scott College), Antoine Jean-Bressani (McGill University), Janet Kwon (Wilfrid Laurier University), and Benny Mattis (UMass, Amherst), our undergraduate presenters for this year's conference. We thank everyone for the wonderful submissions!

  • "Meaning Like We Mean It"
    • Presenter: Benny Mattis
    • Institution: UMass, Amherst
    • Commentator: Robyn Forman
    • Chair: David Balcarras
  • "Perceptions of the Good: the Essential Role of Character Virtue in Acting Well"
    • Presenter: Osasha Fertal
    • Institution: Agnes Scott College
    • Commentator: Jem Rosario
    • Chair: Michael Bridge
  • "Wittgenstein's 'Theory' of Rule-Following: Language and the World"
    • Presenter: Antoine Jean-Bressani
    • McGill University
    • Commentator: Robin Gainer
    • Chair: Colin Bested
  • "The Data Matrix: A Reformulation of the Problem that Qualia Poses for Functionalism"
    • Presenter: Janet Kwon
    • Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University
    • Commentator: Michael Derewonko
    • Chair: Robyn Forman
  • Keynote Presentation
    • Presenter: Professor Angelika Kratzer
    • Institution: UMass, Amherst
    • Chair: Heather Hutchinson

Undergraduate Funding Options

Undergraduate presenters are eligible for $500 CDN reimbursement for travel and accommodations expenditures. Undergraduate applicants outside Canada should convert this amount to their local currency when calculating the cost of attendance. Please see our Reimbursement Policies for additional information or email us to make inquiries.

2013 Conference Organizers

David Balcarras, Colin Bested, Michael Bridge, Michael Derewonko, Robyn Forman, Heather Hutchinson, Jem Rosario

2013 Selection Committee

David Balcarras, Colin Bested, Michael Derewonko, Robyn Forman, Robin Gainer, Jem Rosario

Location

MW 160 (Management Wing)

University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Toronto, ON M1C 1A4

Campus Map

Attending the Conference

If you are presenting at this year's conference, or just planning on attending, we recommend the following hotels, located in downtown Toronto.

We also encourage presenters or attendees flying into Toronto to consider Porter Airlines for direct flights into Toronto from select destinations.

CONFERENCE SPONSORS

  • UTSC Department of Philosophy
  • CSS Fund
  • Hart House (GIF)