NASSLLI 2016
Course: Analysis by Default
Instructors: Sam Cumming and Jeff Horty
Note: all class sessions will be self-contained, but readings are
listed below for students who want to explore some of the issues
in more depth.
Monday
Topic: Analysis and definition
Slides
Readings:
P. Elbourne,
Meaning, chapter 1
P. Ludlow,
Living Words, chapters 1 and 2
    (Note: these are uncorrected page proofs)
F. Waismann,
Verifiability
Tuesday and Wednesday
Topic: Legal language, constraints, and defaults
Slides
Readings:
V. Aleven and K. Ashley, Evaluating a learning environment for case-based
argumentation skills
J. Horty, Constraint and freedom in the common law
H. Prakken and G. Sartor, Modeling reasoning with precedents in a formal
dialogue game
Some legal material:
IRS factor test for employment status
Mason v. Jack Daniel Distillery
Stewart v. Dutra Construction Company, 2000
Stewart v. Dutra Construction Company, 2005
Thursday
Topic: Vagueness
Slides
Readings:
P. Egre,
What's in a planet?
L Schmidt et al.,
How tall is tall? Compositionality, statistics, and
gradable adjectives
M. Sainsbury,
Concepts without boundaries
Friday
Topic: Subjectivity
Slides
Readings:
C. Barker,
Negotiating taste
C. Kennedy,
Two sources of subjectivity: qualitative assessment and
dimensional uncertainty
P. Lasersohn,
Context dependence, disagreement, and predicates of personal taste
S. Solt,
Multidimensionality, subjectivity and scales: experimental evidence