[PHILOS-L] Salzburg Workshop on Inner Speech, May 21–Ma 23, 2026
Gauker Christopher
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SALZBURG WORKSHOP ON INNER SPEECH: WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IS IT FOR?
The Salzburg Workshop on Inner Speech will take place from Thursday, May 21, through Saturday, May 23, 2026, on the campus of the University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
The workshop will feature speakers and posters from philosophy, psychology, cognitive science and linguistics. They will address various questions concerning the nature of the silent use of spoken language in thought.
There will presentations from the following speakers:
- Dorit Bar-On, University of Connecticut, Philosophy, https://www.doritbar-on.com/
- Daphne Bernués, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Philosophy, http://www.ub.edu/grc_logos/daphne-bernues
- Guy Dove, University of Louisville, Philosophy, https://www.guydove.com/
- Daniel Gregory, University of Valencia, Philosophy, https://vlclab.blogs.uv.es/senior-members/
- Nikola Kompa, Universität Osnabrück, Philosophy, https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/fb8/philosophie/institut/personen-und-zustaendigkeiten/prof-dr-nikola-kompa
- Johanne Nedergaard, University of Copenhagen, Cognitive Science, https://johannenedergaard.github.io/
- Shivam Patel, Florida State University, Philosophy, https://philosophy.fsu.edu/person/shivam-patel
- Hannes Rakoczy, Universität Göttingen, Psychology, https://www.psych.uni-goettingen.de/en/development/team/rakoczy-hannes/hannes-rakoczy
- Daniel Stoljar, Australian National University, Philosophy, https://sites.google.com/site/danielstoljar/
- Martina Wiltschko, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Linguistics, http://martinawiltschko.com/
- Bo Yao, Lancaster University, Cognitive Neuroscience, https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi/about-us/members/bo-yao
In addition, there will be poster presentations from the following doctoral candidates:
- Mathijs Geurts, University of Salzburg, Philosophy, https://www.plus.ac.at/philosophy-gw/the-department/personal/mathis-geurts/?lang=en
- Jonida Kodra, University of Osnabrück, Philosophy, https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/fb8/en/philosophie/research/research/auditory-hallucinations-in-inner-speech
- Daniel Müller, Universtiy of Osnabrück, Philosophy, https://www.uni-osnabrueck.de/fb8/en/philosophie/research/research/unconscious-inner-speech-and-literary-creativity
- Viktoria Groiß, University of Vienna, Linguistics, https://psy-ling.univie.ac.at/en/about-us/groiss-viktoria/
- Xiaomeng Sun, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Linguistics, https://www.upf.edu/web/glif/people
There will be no contributed papers, but all lectures and the poster session will be free and open to the public. Visitors are welcome to attend. All talks will be held in person. This will not be an on-line or hybrid event. If you would like to attend the workshop, please send an email to Prof. Christopher Gauker (christoph...@plus.ac.at) before April 23. He will send you more information about the schedule and campus locations when the information becomes available.
This event is part of a joint project, “How can we think in a language?”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (Christopher Gauker PI, I 6219-G) and the German DFG (Nikola Kompa PI). Additional support is provided by the Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (GAP).
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