Building Evaluation into Language

In this paper I spell out the conditions for a uniform analysis of thick terms and slurs, presented in Cepollaro and Stojanovic (2016). Our claim is that thick terms and slurs convey evaluations via presupposition and represent a device through which language implicitly conveys linguistically encod...

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Autor principal: Bianca Cepollaro
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b63859072e174fa28d8b12a2cac13f752021-12-02T12:05:59ZBuilding Evaluation into Language10.13128/Phe_Mi-201162280-78532239-4028https://doaj.org/article/b63859072e174fa28d8b12a2cac13f752017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/pam/article/view/7253https://doaj.org/toc/2280-7853https://doaj.org/toc/2239-4028 In this paper I spell out the conditions for a uniform analysis of thick terms and slurs, presented in Cepollaro and Stojanovic (2016). Our claim is that thick terms and slurs convey evaluations via presupposition and represent a device through which language implicitly conveys linguistically encoded evaluations. I introduce the presuppositional account (section 2) and elaborate on the conditions that need to be fulfilled for slurs and thick terms to be analyzed along similar lines (section 3) and I discuss the predictions that this approach offers about the issues of reference and extension (section 4). I conclude with some considerations about the role and functions of slurs and thick terms with respect to moral systems (section 5). Bianca CepollaroRosenberg & SellierarticleevaluativespresuppositionsreferenceslursAestheticsBH1-301EthicsBJ1-1725ENFRITPhenomenology and Mind, Iss 11 (2017)
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topic evaluatives
presuppositions
reference
slurs
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
BJ1-1725
spellingShingle evaluatives
presuppositions
reference
slurs
Aesthetics
BH1-301
Ethics
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Bianca Cepollaro
Building Evaluation into Language
description In this paper I spell out the conditions for a uniform analysis of thick terms and slurs, presented in Cepollaro and Stojanovic (2016). Our claim is that thick terms and slurs convey evaluations via presupposition and represent a device through which language implicitly conveys linguistically encoded evaluations. I introduce the presuppositional account (section 2) and elaborate on the conditions that need to be fulfilled for slurs and thick terms to be analyzed along similar lines (section 3) and I discuss the predictions that this approach offers about the issues of reference and extension (section 4). I conclude with some considerations about the role and functions of slurs and thick terms with respect to moral systems (section 5).
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title Building Evaluation into Language
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