Non-ideal foundations of language /

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Author / Creator:Keiser, Jessica, author.
Imprint:New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.
Description:1 online resource (pages cm.)
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13553945
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ISBN:9781003188537
1003188532
1000827305
9781000827323
1000827321
9781000827309
9781032029979
1032029978
9781032036946
103203694X
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Jessica Keiser is Lecturer in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Leeds, UK. Her published work has appeared in Journal of Philosophy, Mind and Language, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Synthese, Inquiry, and Philosophical Studies.
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Summary:"This book argues that the major traditions in the philosophy of language have mistakenly focused on highly idealized linguistic contexts. Instead, it presents a non-ideal foundational theory of language that contends that the essential function of language is to direct attention for the purpose of achieving diverse social and political goals. Philosophers of language have focused primarily on highly idealized linguistic contexts in which cooperative agents are working toward the shared goal of gaining information about the world. This approach abstracts away from important issues like power, ideology, social position, and diversity of goals which are crucial to explaining linguistic phenomena both at the semantic and pragmatic levels. This book begins by examining the work of some of the pioneers of this tradition-primarily David Lewis, Paul Grice, and Robert Stalnaker. The author shows that various problems have their source in idealizations made at the foundational level of linguistic theory and proposes to rebuild from the ground-up. She presents a non-ideal foundational theory of language which retains the major insights of traditional frameworks while rejecting the social idealizations that guide them. Then, she explores the social and political applications of her account to issues such as dog whistling, propaganda, slurs and racist speech, silencing, and manipulation. Non-Ideal Foundations of Language will appeal to researchers and advanced students in philosophy of language who are interested in the social and political applications of language, as well as traditional metasemantic theory"--
Other form:Print version: Keiser, Jessica, Non-ideal foundations of language 9781032029979
Standard no.:10.4324/9781003188537

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