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Words and Worlds: Volume 95 - New Directions in the Philosophy of Language

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The papers in this volume exemplify new directions taken in the philosophy of language, addressing topics such as joint deliberation, slurs and self-making. They also offer a new take on the problem of aboutness and show how ancient Chinese philosophy challenges assumptions about language and its philosophy.

List of contents

Introduction Julian Baggini; 1. Racial Realities Luvell Anderson; 2. Misunderstanding and Meaning Change Andrew Hines; 3. Politics, Words, and Concepts: On the Impossibility and Undesirability of 'Amelioration' Louise Antony; 4. Inflammatory Language Ernie LePore; 5. Games, Norms and Utterances Mihaela Popa-Wyatt; 6. Prejudicial Speech: What's A Liberal to Do? Mari Mikkola; 7. What is it to be responsible for what you say? Emma Borg; 8. On Discussing What We Should Do Jane Heal; 9. How to Get About David Sosa; 10. Stories and Selves: A Twisted Love Story about the Meaning of Life Elisabeth Camp; 11. A New Look at the Classical Chinese Dào of the Relation between Word and World Chad Hansen.

Summary

The philosophy of language occupies a less central position in Anglophone philosophy than it did a generation ago. But, released from the burden of being 'first philosophy', it has taken off in a number of new directions: less formal, more focused on the realities of everyday linguistic exchange, more conscious of an 'analytic' approach as one among many and, especially, more socially and politically engaged. The papers collected in this volume exemplify these new directions, addressing topics such as joint deliberation, the role of communities of practice in shaping understanding, slurs, hate speech, (the impossibility of) conceptual engineering, and the place of stories in self-making. They also offer a new take on the traditional problem of aboutness and show how ancient Chinese philosophy challenges familiar assumptions about language and its philosophy.

Foreword

This volume explores new directions in the philosophy of language and offers a new take on traditional problems.

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