A reminder of today's BULA event: (RSVP here
https://www.facebook.com/events/340966183221810/)
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We hope to see you there! Also, a reminder to fill out the following form
if you are interested in running for an eboard position for the 2019-2020
academic year, or if you have ideas for future BULA events:
https://forms.gle/VqrJGqWv4XnELSyk7
Hi BU Linguistics Association members:
Please fill out the following form if you are interested in running for an
eboard position for the 2019-2020 academic year, or if you have ideas for
future BULA events:
https://forms.gle/VqrJGqWv4XnELSyk7
Thanks!
Dear linguists,
BULA's next event this semester, co-hosted with the Undergraduate Classics
Association, will be a lecture by *Prof. Sasha Nikolaev* on the *languages
of Middle-earth, specifically Elvish.* After the lecture, a* film
screening* follows,
with *free pizza* (sponsored by Distinguished Teaching Professor in the
Humanities Fund). Join us on *Thursday, April 18 at 5:30pm in CAS B12 *–
you can RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/340966183221810/
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We hope to see you at today's talk:
*The Linguistics of Existence*
*Peter Klapes, M.A. candidate in Philosophy (Boston College)*
*TODAY [Monday, April 8] at 5:45pm, CAS 225*
https://www.facebook.com/events/2203739999714132/
Not only is the talk exciting and interdisciplinary, it also showcases
student effort!
*Abstract: *It is said that the nature of the linguistic sign is arbitrary.
Since antiquity, the question of whether words are linked to their referent
by nature or merely by convention has persisted. In Plato’s *Cratylus*,
Socrates realizes that names are often imperfect in the naming of any
object. Later, sparking somewhat of a linguistic crisis, Friedrich
Nietzsche questioned the nature of truth and Ferdinand de Saussure
demonstrated that *signifiers* and *signifieds* share no inherent link.
This concept of linguistic arbitrariness will, in this talk, be connected
to philosophical, existential, and anthropological questions and
themes—including freedom, poetics, politics, and the nature of the
imagination.
Dear linguists,
We write to let you know about an upcoming talk hosted by BULA:
*The Linguistics of Existence*
*Peter Klapes, M.A. candidate in Philosophy (Boston College)*
*Monday, April 8 at 5:45pm, CAS 225*
https://www.facebook.com/events/2203739999714132/
*Abstract: *It is said that the nature of the linguistic sign is arbitrary.
Since antiquity, the question of whether words are linked to their referent
by nature or merely by convention has persisted. In Plato’s *Cratylus*,
Socrates realizes that names are often imperfect in the naming of any
object. Later, sparking somewhat of a linguistic crisis, Friedrich
Nietzsche questioned the nature of truth and Ferdinand de Saussure
demonstrated that *signifiers* and *signifieds* share no inherent link.
This concept of linguistic arbitrariness will, in this talk, be connected
to philosophical, existential, and anthropological questions and
themes—including freedom, poetics, politics, and the nature of the
imagination.
*Speaker bio: *Peter Klapes is a student in the department of philosophy at
Boston College, specializing in contemporary continental philosophy,
psychoanalytic theory, the intersection of philosophy and literature, and,
generally, philosophical anthropology. Peter’s work has appeared in various
philosophical journals, and he currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of
*Dianoia*, BC’s international journal of philosophy. Later this year,
Peter’s work on interpersonal subjectivity will appear in a book published
by Fordham University Press. Peter also works on a bibliographic project in
Modern Greek literature, serves on the advisory board of the Guestbook
Project, an international forum for narrative hospitality, and is currently
at work on a thesis on the hermeneutics of desire.
We hope to see you there! (And as always, BULA T-shirts will be available
for sale immediately prior to the event.)
Best,
Your BULA officers