The Logical Appearance of Meaning

Workshop on the occasion of the retirement of Paul Dekker

Communication

January 12-13, 2026, Amsterdam

Oudemanhuispoort 4--6, Room A0.08

This event is endorsed by the PLM, the Philosophy of Language and Mind network.

Programme (Zoom)

Monday, January 12 (Oudemanhuispoort)
09.30 -- 10.30 Dan Lassiter Conditional Dynamics
11.00 -- 12.00 Merel Semeijn The Simple Appearance of Fiction Talk
12.00 -- 13.00 Bryan Pickel Anxieties about Variables in The Logical Appearance of Meaning
Lunch
14.00 -- 15.00 Dorit Abusch An Existential Semantics for Attitudinal Embedding in Film
15.30 -- 16.30 Julian Schlöder The Law of Carving (online)
16.30 -- 17.30 Pauline Jacobson On Quantifier Domain Restriction (online) (online)
18.00 -- Borrel (Zeppos)
Tuesday, January 13 (Oudemanhuispoort)
09.30 -- 10.30 Isabella Cissell Conceptual Windows and Explanations
11.00 -- 12.00 Regine Eckardt The Logical Appearance of Non-Literal Meaning (online)
12.00 -- 13.00 Emar Maier The Extra-Logical Appearance of Pictures and Names
Lunch
14.00 -- 15.00 Peter Fritz The Metasemantics of Logic and Talk About Things Non-Existent
15.30 -- 16.30 Matthew Mandelkern Existence and Qualification (online)
16.30 -- 17.30 Ede Zimmermann Intensional Type Logic, Expressivity, and Compositionality
18.30 -- Dinner (Portugese)

Speakers

The speakers are invited, but not asked, to react on Dekker's latest work.
This is compiled in a "legacy", so-called, that is available upon request.

Social Program

On Monday January 12 the department of Philosophy organizes an afscheidsborrel in Kapitein Zeppos, Gebed Zonder End 5, Amsterdam, from 18.00.

Registration

Attending the workshop is free of charge, but we kindly ask everybody who intends to attend to preregister via this link

Contact

Alex Zieglerová