Language and Mind Seminar – “Quotative ‘Be Like’”
Title: Quotative ‘Be Like’ (joint work with Andreas Stokke (Uppsala)) Abstract: There are a variety of familiar ways of talking about our mental states and speech acts, such as direct…
Title: Quotative ‘Be Like’ (joint work with Andreas Stokke (Uppsala)) Abstract: There are a variety of familiar ways of talking about our mental states and speech acts, such as direct…
Abstract. — In this paper I argue that concepts fall into distinct kinds according to such things as their direction of determination, their modal range, and the nature of their referents. Such…
Abstract. — Practices of concept-revision among scientists suggest that concepts can be improved. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union revised the concept PLANET so that it excluded Pluto, and insisting…
Abstract: In this presentation I explore the harm of positive assault portrayals, which refer to depictions of sexual assault in which the victim is shown to initially refuse some sexual…
Abstract. — According to Mary Midgley (1919–2018), philosophy is like plumbing: “Each system supplies vital needs for those who live above it. Each is hard to repair when it does…
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