Past Talks

Anonymous Public Announcements

Thomas Ågotnes Professor, University of Bergen, Norway Adjunct Professor, Shanxi University, China Changjiang Scholar Chair Professor Date: January 8, 2026 (Thursday) Time: 15:00–17:00 Venue: Zhixin Building, Room A1618 Location: Shandong University, Central Campus Abstract I formalise the notion of an anonymous public announcement in the tradition of public announcement logic. Such announcements can be seen

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The New Pragmatics: Applications to Assertions

Igal Kvart Professor Emeritus Department of Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Date: November 6, 2025 (Thursday) Time: 19:00–21:00 Venue: Zhixin Building, Room A1618 Location: Shandong University, Central Campus Abstract The verbal act of assertion has often been considered in recent philosophy to have the distinctive feature of presenting the speaker as occupying a higher epistemic

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A New Pragmatics: Steering-Thrust-Posting Pragmatics

Igal Kvart Professor Emeritus Department of Philosophy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Date: November 3, 2025 (Monday) Time: 14:00–16:00 Venue: Zhixin Building, Room A116 Location: Shandong University, Central Campus Abstract Steering-Thrust-Posting Pragmatics (STPP) has four main components: steering thrust, pragmatic stances, conversational etiquette, and posting. (1) Steering thrust: The speaker, who generates the verbal act, steers

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