[PHILOS-L] Call for participation: Semantics and Philosophy in Europe/OntoBRIX, Bressanone, June 8-10, 2026
Ludger Jansen
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Semantics and Philosophy in Europe (SPE 13) & OntoBRIX:
Ontology and Semantics at the Intersection of Linguistics, Computer
Science, and Philosophy
PTH Brixen College, Bressanone, Italy, 8.–10. June 2026
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Since some decades, ontology is used for supporting semantic analysis,
both in linguistics and computing. In both fields, this lead to
intensive interdisciplinary discussions between these fields and
philosophical ontology. This colloquium aims at providing an
interdisciplinary forum for researchers from relevant disciplines such
as linguistics, computing science, information science, and philosophy.
It brings together instalments of two series of events:
- The Semantics and Philosophy in Europe (SPE) colloquia provides a
forum for presenting research in the interface between linguistic
semantics and various areas of philosophy (philosophy of language,
philosophy of mind/cognition, metaphysics, and philosophy of
mathematics). This year's colloquium Semantics and Philosophy in Europe
(SPE13) wants to foster in particular the dialogue between applied
ontology, as a semantic technology in computer science, and linguistics
and philosophy.
- The newly named OntoBRIX series intends to connect researchers from
the Euroregio Tyrol–South Tyrol–Trentino and beyond; it has been
inaugurated with a meeting in Brixen in 2023.
The full programme is available here:
https://sites.google.com/view/spe13-ontobrix2026/programme
*** Keynotes
Riccardo Baratella – University of Genova & University of Cassino:
Towards a Theory of Being Apt
Stefano Borgo – Laboratorio della Ontologia Applicata (LOA), Trento: The
usefulness of heterogeneous, unclear and vague concepts: The case of
terrain vague
Massimiliano Carrarra – University of Padova: Compatibilism in ontology:
expanding the landscape
Michael Gruninger – University of Toronto: Semantic Parsing for Ontology
Validation
Giancarlo Guizzardi – University of Twente, Enschede: Explanation,
Semantics and Ontology
Christian Kanzian – University of Innsbruck: Analogy in Contemporary
Metaontology
Friederike Moltmann – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
(CNRS), Nice: The Priority of the Whole in Ontology and Semantics
Jakub Szymanik – University of Trento: The Cognitive Ontology of Logic:
How Learnability Shapes the Universal Lexicon of Quantifiers
*** Registration & Contact
Please register here: https://forms.gle/U2UjQ7Bkr2jxxa688
Please address all inquiries to onto...@gmail.com.
*** Conference fees
There is a conference fee of 50 Euro for the whole event. The conference
fee includes lunches and coffee breaks. When registering, the conference
fee should be paid by bank transfer to Priesterseminar Brixen:
IT64Q0604558220000000113000 (Südtiroler Sparkasse); please mention
OntoBrix 2026 and the name of the participant. Social dinners will be
self-paid.
*** Organizing Committee
Riccardo Baratella, University of Genova & University of Cassino
Stefano Borgo, Laboratory for Applied Ontology (LOA) CNR-ISTC
Ludger Jansen, PTH Brixen College & University of Rostock
Christian Kanzian, University of Innsbruck
Oliver Kutz, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Giorgio A. Ubbiali, PTH Brixen College
Adviser for S&P: Friederike Moltmann, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique (CNRS), Nice
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Prof. Dr. Ludger Jansen
Principal Investigator, "Learning from Nature" (DFG)
Adjunct Professor, Institut für Philosophie
Universität Rostock
D-18051 Rostock
Cusanus Chair for Philosophy
Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Brixen|Studio Teologico Accademico Bressanone
Seminarplatz 4|Piazza Seminario
I-39042 Brixen|Bressanone
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