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People are often confused, irrational, or even cognitively indifferent. For example, we seem often to believe of an object that it is two or of two objects that they are one. Let’s simply call this kind of error, ‘confusion.’ What relevance does confusion have, if any, to the study of semantics and pragmatics? A major goal of the Confused Intentions Project is to answer this question in a systematic way, from the perspective of the philosophy of language.

Groundwork

Some of the basic ideas underlying the project are explained in Unnsteinsson's recent article in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy: 'Confusion is Corruptive Belief in False Identity.'

Activities

We will host conferences and workshops, and publish articles on the topic of the project. Check this website for updates.

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University College Dublin
Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland

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Confused Intentions is a research project about foundational issues in philosophy of language and natural language semantics, funded by the Icelandic Research Fund (2016-2020). Elmar Unnsteinsson is the Principal Investigator. The project is based at the University of Iceland and University College Dublin.

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