Slur Creation, Bigotry Formation: the Power of Expressivism

Theories of slurs aim to explain how – via semantics, pragmatics, or other mechanisms – speakers who use slurs convey that targets are inferior persons. I present two novel problems. The Slur Creation Problem: How do terms come to be slurs? An expression ‘e’ is introduced into the language. What ar...

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Autor principal:	Robin Jeshion
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Publicado:	Rosenberg & Sellier 2017
Materias:	slurs epithets pejoratives semantics Aesthetics BH1-301 Ethics BJ1-1725
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9034ca110a834650be024d5c376a31bc2021-12-02T12:25:40ZSlur Creation, Bigotry Formation: the Power of Expressivism10.13128/Phe_Mi-201132280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/9034ca110a834650be024d5c376a31bc2017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7250https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 Theories of slurs aim to explain how – via semantics, pragmatics, or other mechanisms – speakers who use slurs convey that targets are inferior persons. I present two novel problems. The Slur Creation Problem: How do terms come to be slurs? An expression ‘e’ is introduced into the language. What are the mechanisms by which ‘e’ comes to possess properties distinctive of slurs? The Bigotry Formation Problem: Speakers’ uses of slurs are a prime mechanism of bigotry formation, not solely bigotry perpetuation. With a use of a slur, how are speakers able to introduce new bigoted attitudes and actions toward targets? I argue that expressivism offers powerful resources to solve the problems. Robin JeshionRosenberg & SellierarticleslursepithetspejorativessemanticsAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 11 (2017)
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description	Theories of slurs aim to explain how – via semantics, pragmatics, or other mechanisms – speakers who use slurs convey that targets are inferior persons. I present two novel problems. The Slur Creation Problem: How do terms come to be slurs? An expression ‘e’ is introduced into the language. What are the mechanisms by which ‘e’ comes to possess properties distinctive of slurs? The Bigotry Formation Problem: Speakers’ uses of slurs are a prime mechanism of bigotry formation, not solely bigotry perpetuation. With a use of a slur, how are speakers able to introduce new bigoted attitudes and actions toward targets? I argue that expressivism offers powerful resources to solve the problems.
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Slur Creation, Bigotry Formation: the Power of Expressivism

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