Speech Acts, Self-Expression, and Music

Speech Acts, Self-Expression, and Music

A Workshop with Mitch Green

Szczecin, 25th October 2024

The workshop focuses on topics discussed in Mitch Green’s important works on verbal communication and artistic expression: speech act norms and their cultural evolution, self-expression in assertive speech acts, and the function of music.

Program

09.30-10.30

Mitch Green (University of Connecticut), The Cultural Evolution of Speech Act Norms

10.30-10.45

coffee break

10.45-11.45

Maciej Witek (University of Szczecin), Situatedness, Self-Expression, and Norms in Assertive Acts  presentation

11.45-12.00

coffee break

12.00-13.00

Tomasz Szubart (University of Szczecin), Music — Signalling or Representing?  presentation

Venue  University of Szczecin, Institute of Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Krakowska 71-79, room 030