Programme Philosophy of Communication conference available

The full programme of the ECREA Philosophy of Communication conference, taking place on 8 and 9 November at the University of Surrey, Guildford, is now available at http://www.landmarks.philosophy-of-communication.eu/landmarks_index.php.

ECREA

The conference presents an overview and discussion of recent work on philosophical questions of human communication, assessing the claims and prospects of universal pragmatics today as well as discussing other approaches grounded in contemporary analytical and continental philosophy and communication theory, or drawing inspiration from historical developments. Panels include presentations on dialogue, intersubjectivity, intentionality, communication ethics, rhetoric, epistemology of communication, media theory and methodology, philosophy of language and speech, togetherness, the public sphere, universal pragmatics and recent empirical investigations.

KEYNOTE: Siegfried Schmidt (Muenster)

Speakers include:

Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths) - Towards a Global Media Ethics
Colin Grant (Surrey) - Post-transcendental Communication
Loet Leydesdorff (Amsterdam) - Meaning Processing in Social Systems and the Construction of a Knowledge-Based (Noematic) Order
Joao Salgado and Jaan Valsiner (ISMAI and Clark University) - Dialogism and the Eternal Movement of Communication

You can register for the conference using the registration form on the conference website.

A Business Meeting of the Section for the Philosophy of Communication will take place prior to the conference. (Prospective) members are encouraged to attend the business meeting.