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Semantics and Pragmatics

SaP | 2025 / 2026

Convenor: Josep Macià

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Slurs and Bad Manners

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Objects and Existence

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Expressive inferences

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BIAP Collaborative Research Event: Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda

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Why inner speech is agentially diminished

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GRSem: On what we mean (more or less) by internalized stigma

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Problems of Universal Quantifiers in Logical Neural Networks

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PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

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Dawning Light Epistemology and Bounded Knowledge

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PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

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La fenomelogia en diàleg. Homenatge a Francesc Pereña

Conferences

29 Jan 26 - 30 Jan 26

00:00

Seminari de Filosofia, Faculty of Philosophy (4th floor), University of Barcelona

Slurs and Bad Manners

Colloquium

- Katharina Felka (University of Münster)

4 Feb 26

15:00 - 17:00

Seminari de Filosofia (Faculty of Philosophy, UB, Barcelona)

Abstract: Some authors have observed that the derogatory content conveyed by slurs exhibits features commonly associated with conventional implicatures and have therefore concluded that slurs conventionally...

Objects and Existence

Conferences

9 Feb 26 - 10 Feb 26

All Day

University of Barcelona

February 9, 2026 16:00-17:30 Simon Evnine. “The Human Being in the Age of Biological Reproduction”. 17:30-18:00 Coffee break. 18:00-19:30 Margarida Hermida. “Living Objects”. February 10,...

Expressive inferences

Seminar

- Andrés Soria Ruiz (U. Barcelona)

11 Feb 26

15:00 - 17:00

Seminari de Filosofia (Faculty of Philosophy, UB, Barcelona)

Abstract: Some predicates carry special kinds of inferences: subjective predicates carry acquaintance inferences (AIs); evaluative predicates carry practical inferences (PIs). I show that these inferences pattern...

BIAP Collaborative Research Event: Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda

Conferences

12 Feb 26 - 13 Feb 26

00:00

Pompeu Fabra University Mercè building, carrer de la Mercè, 12 Barcelona, 08002 Spain

Link to program Organizers: Andrei Bespalov (UPF) and Teresa Marques (UB) Further details about this conference will be provided in due course.

Why inner speech is agentially diminished

Seminar

- Daphne Bernués (U. Pompeu Fabra)

18 Feb 26

15:00 - 17:00

Seminari de Filosofia, Faculty of Philosophy (4th floor), University of Barcelona

ABSTRACT: Inner speech is often explained by drawing an analogy with outer speech. In various views, inner speech is functionally, developmentally and mechanistically continuous with outer...

GRSem: On what we mean (more or less) by internalized stigma

Graduate Research Seminar (GRSem)

19 Feb 26

16:00 - 18:00

Seminari María Zambrano, UB

Internalized stigma is a pervasive phenomenon commonly endured by people with mental health conditions. It typically refers to the degree to which individuals vulnerable to...

Problems of Universal Quantifiers in Logical Neural Networks

Extra talks

- Joaquín Toranzo (CONICET)

23 Feb 26

11:00 - 13:00

Seminari Ramon Llull (4th floor, Facultat de Filosofia, UB)

Abstract: Deep learning models achieve high performance in various downstream tasks, yet their complexity hinders the evaluation of their underlying reasoning. The field of eXplainable Artificial...

PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

Conferences

24 Feb 26

12:00 - 14:00

UB (Barcelona)

Tuesday February 24 (Seminari de Filosofia), Thursday February 26 (aula 410) and Friday February 27, 12-14 (Seminari de Filosofia) Prof. Ernest Sosa (Rutgers, http://www.erniesosa.com/) will offer...

Dawning Light Epistemology and Bounded Knowledge

Colloquium

- Ernest Sosa (Rutgers University – New Brunswick)

25 Feb 26

15:00 - 17:00

Seminari de Filosofia, Faculty of Philosophy (4th floor), University of Barcelona

Abstract: The colloquium talk is embedded in the PhD course taught this same week. The course and the talk will take up some chapters of a...

PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

Conferences

26 Feb 26

12:00 - 14:00

UB (Barcelona)

Tuesday February 24 (Seminari de Filosofia), Thursday February 26 (aula 410) and Friday February 27, 12-14 (Seminari de Filosofia) Prof. Ernest Sosa (Rutgers, http://www.erniesosa.com/) will offer...

Extra talks

26 Feb 26

14:30 - 19:40

Room 24.112, Mercè Rodoreda Building, Campus Ciutadella, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

https://www.upf.edu/web/thought-sharing-in-action/tsa-colloquium-february-27th Or online at https://upf-edu.zoom.us/my/tsa.colloquium Speakers: Elisabeth Pacherie, Hong Yu Wong, Stephan Torre. Krisztina Orbán To register, email tsa.colloquium@upf.edu Program 14:30 - Introduction 14:40–15:50 - Elisabeth...

PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

Conferences

27 Feb 26

12:00 - 14:00

UB (Barcelona)

Tuesday February 24 (Seminari de Filosofia), Thursday February 26 (aula 410) and Friday February 27, 12-14 (Seminari de Filosofia) Prof. Ernest Sosa (Rutgers, http://www.erniesosa.com/) will offer...

Events on 29 Jan 26

29 Jan

La fenomelogia en diàleg. Homenatge a Francesc Pereña

Conferences

29 Jan 26 - 30 Jan 26

Seminari de Filosofia, Faculty of Philosophy (4th floor), University of Barcelona

Events on 4 Feb 26

04 Feb

Slurs and Bad Manners

Colloquium

- Katharina Felka (University of Münster)

4 Feb 26

Seminari de Filosofia (Faculty of Philosophy, UB, Barcelona)

Events on 9 Feb 26

09 Feb

Objects and Existence

Conferences

9 Feb 26 - 10 Feb 26

University of Barcelona

Events on 11 Feb 26

11 Feb

Expressive inferences

Seminar

- Andrés Soria Ruiz (U. Barcelona)

11 Feb 26

Seminari de Filosofia (Faculty of Philosophy, UB, Barcelona)

Events on 12 Feb 26

12 Feb

BIAP Collaborative Research Event: Lies, Fiction, and Manipulation in Propaganda

Conferences

12 Feb 26 - 13 Feb 26

Pompeu Fabra University Mercè building, carrer de la Mercè, 12 Barcelona, 08002 Spain

Events on 18 Feb 26

18 Feb

Why inner speech is agentially diminished

Seminar

- Daphne Bernués (U. Pompeu Fabra)

18 Feb 26

Seminari de Filosofia, Faculty of Philosophy (4th floor), University of Barcelona

Events on 19 Feb 26

19 Feb

GRSem: On what we mean (more or less) by internalized stigma

Graduate Research Seminar (GRSem)

19 Feb 26

Seminari María Zambrano, UB

Events on 23 Feb 26

23 Feb

Problems of Universal Quantifiers in Logical Neural Networks

Extra talks

- Joaquín Toranzo (CONICET)

23 Feb 26

Seminari Ramon Llull (4th floor, Facultat de Filosofia, UB)

Events on 24 Feb 26

24 Feb

PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

Conferences

24 Feb 26

UB (Barcelona)

Events on 25 Feb 26

25 Feb

Dawning Light Epistemology and Bounded Knowledge

Colloquium

- Ernest Sosa (Rutgers University – New Brunswick)

25 Feb 26

Seminari de Filosofia, Faculty of Philosophy (4th floor), University of Barcelona

Events on 26 Feb 26

26 Feb

PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

Conferences

26 Feb 26

UB (Barcelona)

26 Feb

Extra talks

26 Feb 26

Room 24.112, Mercè Rodoreda Building, Campus Ciutadella, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Events on 27 Feb 26

27 Feb

PhD course 2025-2026, Ernest Sosa

Conferences

27 Feb 26

UB (Barcelona)

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Subjective and objective rationality

4 Mar 26

Seminari Ramon Llull (4th floor, Facultat de Filosofia, UB)
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Core beliefs and epistemic injustice

4 Mar 26

Seminari de Filosofia (UB, Faculty of Philosophy, 4th floor)
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GRSem: A Non-binary Naïve Validity Theory

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Seminari María Zambrano, UB

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