Summer 2019 Colloquium Series - 12 July
July 12, 2019
John Horty (University of Maryland) :: "Open texture and semantic constraint"
Friday, July 12 2019
Abstract: I will discuss some of the problems presented by open textured predicates for the semantics of natural language, as well as in legal theory. I will then (i) present an account of constraint in common law reasoning and (ii) suggest that this account can be adapted to help us understand open textured predicates as well.
Talks are held at the Burnaby Campus in room WMC 3510 from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., unless otherwise indicated. They are free and open to the public.