Manchester Centre for Philosophy of Language
The Manchester Centre for Philosophy of Language is a research centre within the Department of Philosophy investigating philosophical issues about language. The centre includes academic staff and graduate students within the department, as well as visiting scholars.
Since Frege's pioneering work, research about the nature of language and linguistic representation continues to be a central component of philosophy. At Manchester, our research in this field has been concerned with such questions as: what is metaphor and how does it work? What are the roles of the truth predicate and what do they tell us about what truth is? What are propositions? How are ascriptions of de re thoughts to be understood? For a sample of representative publications by the centre, visit our sample publications page.
The centre's activities include regular reading groups. It also holds a series of one-day workshops. In addition, the centre has hosted a number of major conferences with international speakers such as Paul Horwich, Mark Balaguer and Steve Yablo.
The centre is keen to welcome visiting scholars for either short or extended visits. For further information, please contact Chris Daly, the centre's director.
We have a particularly strong and growing postgraduate community working in this area, and we provide a lively and well-provisioned research environment. We welcome enquiries from anyone considering graduate studies in philosophy of language. In the first place, please contact Graham Stevens, our director of graduate studies, or Chris Daly.