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Full-Text Articles in Philosophy
Quasi-Factives And Cognitive Efficiency, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Quasi-Factives And Cognitive Efficiency, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
We introduce the notion of a "quasi-factive" -- sentences such as 'It isn't widely known that Obama has been arrested', which is true because he hasn't been arrested -- and offer an explanation of why we hear them as if they were factives.
Slurs And Register: A Case Study In Meaning Pluralism, Justina Diaz-Legaspe, Chang Liu, Robert Stainton
Slurs And Register: A Case Study In Meaning Pluralism, Justina Diaz-Legaspe, Chang Liu, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
Most theories of slurs fall into one of two families: those which understand slurring terms to involve special descriptive/informational content (however conveyed), and those which understand them to encode special emotive/expressive content. Our view is that both offer essential insights, but that part of what sets slurs apart is use-theoretic content. In particular, we urge that slurring words belong at the intersection of a number of categories in a sociolinguistic register taxonomy, one that usually includes [+slang] and [+vulgar] and always includes [-polite] and [+derogatory]. Thus, e.g., what distinguishes ‘Chinese’ from ‘chink’ is neither a peculiar sort of descriptive nor …
Emociones, Ofensa Y Registro Sociolinguistico: El Caso De Los “Usos Distantes” De Los Términos Discriminatorios, Justina Diaz Legaspe, Robert Stainton
Emociones, Ofensa Y Registro Sociolinguistico: El Caso De Los “Usos Distantes” De Los Términos Discriminatorios, Justina Diaz Legaspe, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
There is a particular kind of use of slurs in which the negative emotions typically associated with them (hatred, anger) are not present in the occurrence. Even so, these uses still resonate as incorrect or inadequate. This kind of “detached use” is not only an interesting, rarely mentioned phenomenon per se; it also offers some support to a novel approach to slurs based on the sociolinguistic notion of “register”. This paper examines some types of detached uses, extracts some of their essential features and assesses the way the register-based approach to slurs can account for them.
Plato's Bed: Essence And Archetype In The Theory Of Forms, John Thorp
Plato's Bed: Essence And Archetype In The Theory Of Forms, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
The Theory of Forms is a thread that runs through nearly all of Plato’s intellectual career, being variously elaborated, nudged, and tweaked along the way. The project summarized in this poster argues that there is a serious ambiguity underlying the entire theory, an ambiguity that Plato himself never really noticed; at different times he was pursuing two different understandings of the Forms: as archetypes on the one hand, and as essences on the other. Each of these understandings has serious drawbacks.
London (Ontario) Area Treaties: An Introductory Guide, Stephen D'Arcy
London (Ontario) Area Treaties: An Introductory Guide, Stephen D'Arcy
Data and Test Instruments
A guide to the treaties between the 'Crown' and Indigenous nations in the London (Ontario) area, in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Special emphasis is placed on treaties related to the Deshkan Ziibiing Anishinaabeg, including London Township Treaty No. 6 (1796) and McKee Treaty No. 2 (1790).
Two Questions About Interpretive Effects, Robert Stainton, Christopher Viger
Two Questions About Interpretive Effects, Robert Stainton, Christopher Viger
Philosophy Publications
We discuss central themes in Lepore and Stone's Imagination and Convention. We begin by laying out their view, and then pose both empirical and methodological criticisms.
Introduction To Discourse, Structure And Linguistic Choice By T. Price Caldwell, Robert Stainton
Introduction To Discourse, Structure And Linguistic Choice By T. Price Caldwell, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I', Robert Stainton
Re-Reading Anscombe On 'I', Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
According to a certain ‘Straight Reading’ of Elizabeth Anscombe’s ‘The First Person’, she holds a Radically Non-Referring view of ‘I’. Specifically, ‘I’ is analogized to the expletive ‘it’ in ‘It’s raining’. I argue that this is not her position. Her substantive view on ‘I’, rather, is that if what you mean by ‘referring term’ is a certain rich and recherché Frege-inspired notion, then ‘I’ is not one. Her methodological point is that one shouldn’t be bewitched by language into thinking that ‘I’, because of its syntax and logical role, must exhibit ‘reference’ in this sense. Anscombe uses this insight to …
An Anscombean Reference For I?, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton
An Anscombean Reference For I?, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Does Reproductive Justice Demand Insurance Coverage For Ivf?, Carolyn Mcleod
Does Reproductive Justice Demand Insurance Coverage For Ivf?, Carolyn Mcleod
Philosophy Publications
This paper comes out of a panel honoring the work of Anne Donchin (1940-2014), which took place at the 2016 Congress of the International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics (FAB) in Edinburgh. My general aim is to highlight the contributions Anne made to feminist bioethics, and to feminist reproductive ethics in particular. My more specific aim, however, is to have a kind of conversation with Anne, through her work, about whether reproductive justice could demand insurance coverage for in vitro fertilization. I quote liberally from Anne’s work for this purpose, but also to shower the reader with her words, …
Logical Form And The Vernacular Revisited, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton
Logical Form And The Vernacular Revisited, Andrew Botterell, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
We revisit a debate initiated some fifteen years ago by Ray Elugardo and Robert Stainton about the domain of arguments. Our main result is that arguments are not exclusively sets of linguistic expressions. Instead, as we put it, some non-linguistic items have ‘logical form’. The crucial examples are arguments, both deductive and inductive, made with unembedded words and phrases.
The Medical Nonnecessity Of In Vitro Fertilization, Carolyn Mcleod
The Medical Nonnecessity Of In Vitro Fertilization, Carolyn Mcleod
Philosophy Publications
Debate has raged in Canada recently over whether in vitro fertilization (IVF) should be funded through public health insurance. Such a move would require that the provinces classify IVF as a medically necessary service. In this paper, I defend the position I have taken publicly—especially in Ontario, my own province—that IVF is not medically necessary. I contend that, by funding IVF on grounds of medical necessity, governments like Ontario's violate their commitments to equality and fairness, and cause harm. They do the last by suggesting that the lives of people who forgo procreation, and perhaps have children in other ways …
A Suspicion About Determinism, John Thorp
A Suspicion About Determinism, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
This presentation reflects on the fact that the idea of determinism, or fatalism, keeps recurring, in very different contexts, at different times: logical fatalism, theological fatalism, physical determinism, etc. Standing back and looking at this big picture, it voices the suspicion that all these different determinist theses are manifestations of a single, deeper, conceptual trouble.
Philo 2010: Barriers To Local Food Procurement At Western, Brian M. Yu, Anna Cotarla, Aniket Bhatt, Erica Marie Embury, Alexa Nemeth, Martine Koestel
Philo 2010: Barriers To Local Food Procurement At Western, Brian M. Yu, Anna Cotarla, Aniket Bhatt, Erica Marie Embury, Alexa Nemeth, Martine Koestel
Community Engaged Learning Final Projects
A report detailing current local food procurement practices at Western, barriers to local food procurement, and novel strategies to propagate local food procurement within the Western Community.
Contextualism In Epistemology And Relevance Theory, Mark Jary, Robert Stainton
Contextualism In Epistemology And Relevance Theory, Mark Jary, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
We briefly introduce Contextualism in Epistemology, highlight a linguistic challenge that it seemingly faces, and then describe a Relevance Theoretic response to that challenge. We end by contrasting this view with related ones.
Full-On Stating, Robert Stainton
Full-On Stating, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
What distinguishes full-on stating a proposition from merely communicating it? For instance, what distinguishes claiming/asserting/saying that one has never smoked crack cocaine from merely implying/conveying/hinting this? The enormous literature on ‘assertion’ provides many approaches to distinguishing stating from, say, asking and commanding: only the former aims at truth; only the former expresses one’s belief; etc. But this leaves my question unanswered, since in merely communicating a proposition one also aims at truth, expresses a belief, etc. My aim is not to criticize extant accounts of the state-vs.-merely-convey contrast, but rather to draw on clues from Dummett, functional linguistics and moral …
Aristotle's Clivus Naturae, John Thorp
Aristotle's Clivus Naturae, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
It is usually thought that Aristotle's understanding of the soul sees it has having four distinct parts, cumulatively arranged, resulting in a kind of scala or ladder: all living things have the nutritive and reproductive soul; animals have, in addition, the sensitive soul, and most of them also the locomotive soul; only humans have all these plus the intellective soul. This ladder-like picture emerges from his theoretical work de Anima. In his more empirical studies, though, the discreteness of these levels is softened, and the image is more that of a clivus or slope, rather than a scala or ladder …
Cuasi Factivos, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Cuasi Factivos, Axel Barcelo Aspeitia, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
We introduce a construction which we label 'quasi-factive'. They are heard like factives, in that we immediately take the complement to be true. Yet they aren't really factive at all. Examples include: 'It's not widely known that Marta was born in Canada' (because she was born in Uruguay); 'Don't tell anyone that Carlos will run as a candidate' (because he won't); 'Did it bother Jane that Miguel came?' (no, because Miguel didn't come). We identify sub-categories of our quasi-factives, and then tentatively explore a pragmatic explanation of how they work their magic.
A Deranged Argument Against Public Languages, Robert Stainton
A Deranged Argument Against Public Languages, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
My focus is Q: Are there really such things as public languages? I address an argument for a negative answer, extracted from Davidson’s “A Derangement of Epitaphs”. The argument appeals to an empirically attested phenomena, namely novelty and speech errors in successful conversational interactions, to show that knowledge of public language is neither necessary nor sufficient. Thus public languages have no explanatory role. Continues the idea, one should substitute in place of the convention-centric public language picture an alternative, with Prior and Passing theories. My first rebuttal is that there are senses in which knowledge of public language is necessary, …
Aristotle On The Moral Status Of Animals, Devin Henry
Aristotle On The Moral Status Of Animals, Devin Henry
Data and Test Instruments
No abstract provided.
Fundamentally Incompetent: Homophobia, Religion And The Right To Parent, Samantha Brennan, Colin Mcleod
Fundamentally Incompetent: Homophobia, Religion And The Right To Parent, Samantha Brennan, Colin Mcleod
Data and Test Instruments
What happens when the expression of parental values in child rearing runs contrary to the claim of children to be loved and respected by parents? This chapter asks whether parents who hold, and seek to express, attitudes and beliefs that are contemptuous of sexual minorities are competent parents. We argue that homophobic views held by parents can pose a serious threat to the well-being of children and that adults who harbour such views fall below the threshold of competency requisite to acquiring and maintaining the moral right to parent. We explore this issue by considering whether conservative religious fundamentalists who …
Review Of: Suárez On Aristotelian Causality. Investigating Medieval Philosophy, Vol. 9 By Jakob Leth Fink, Benjamin Hill
Review Of: Suárez On Aristotelian Causality. Investigating Medieval Philosophy, Vol. 9 By Jakob Leth Fink, Benjamin Hill
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Miss Piggy's Feminism: Redefining Human Relationships Through Martial Arts, Samantha Brennan
Miss Piggy's Feminism: Redefining Human Relationships Through Martial Arts, Samantha Brennan
Data and Test Instruments
No abstract provided.
Introduction To Linguistic Content, Margaret Cameron, Robert Stainton
Introduction To Linguistic Content, Margaret Cameron, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Can A Right To Reproduce Justify The Status Quo On Parental Licensing?, Andrew Botterell, Carolyn Mcleod
Can A Right To Reproduce Justify The Status Quo On Parental Licensing?, Andrew Botterell, Carolyn Mcleod
Philosophy Publications
Most Western jurisdictions require parental licensing in the case of adoption but not in the case of assisted or unassisted biological reproduction. In an earlier paper, we set out to show that no arguments in favour of such a system of parental licensing succeed. One argument that we failed to consider, however, is one that appeals to the notion of a right to reproduce. According to this argument, prospective biological parents are protected from parental licensing because they exercise a right to reproduce when attempting to have children, while the same cannot be said about prospective adoptive parents. This paper …
Notes On The Moral History Of Usury, John Thorp
Notes On The Moral History Of Usury, John Thorp
Philosophy Presentations
No abstract provided.
Brevity, By Laurence Goldstein, Monica Mcmillan, Robert Stainton
Brevity, By Laurence Goldstein, Monica Mcmillan, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
No abstract provided.
Philosophy Of Linguistics, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Of Linguistics, Robert Stainton
Philosophy Publications
Rather than attempting to survey the rich array of topics within Philosophy of Linguistics, this article focuses on two questions: “What kind of thing is Linguistics about?” and “What is the proper evidence-base for Linguistics?” After describing various exclusionary answers, it argues for Pluralism on both fronts: the objects of study in Linguistics are metaphysical hybrids, with physical, mental, abstract and social facets; and evidence from every domain should in principle be welcomed.
Walter Benjamin's Literary Aura: A Stylistic And Thematic Analysis Of One-Way Street, Stephanie Chapman
Walter Benjamin's Literary Aura: A Stylistic And Thematic Analysis Of One-Way Street, Stephanie Chapman
Modern Languages and Literatures Annual Graduate Conference
“Brevity” epitomizes Walter Benjamin's One-Way Street, an avant-garde text composed entirely of aphorisms. Benjamin's ideal of literary montage involves the utilization of ideas that he refers to as Abfall, or detritus, and rearranging them—preserved in the momentary spontaneity in which they were conceived—in order to create an entirely new meaning. Noteworthy about Benjamin's style is the manner in which the assembly of momentary thoughts and impressions creates, in a literary sense, the artistic aura of authenticity introduced in his seminal essay, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.” By preserving the form, content, and style …
Feelings Sustaining Text: Aphorisms And Inspiration, Mikhail Pozdniakov
Feelings Sustaining Text: Aphorisms And Inspiration, Mikhail Pozdniakov
Modern Languages and Literatures Annual Graduate Conference
There are genres of reflection, one of which is constituted by the aphorism. These reflections are an art of ponderance, of pensiveness. Philosophy is not necessarily the best example, nor is it identical with the genre of reflection as such; it has had a hard time breaking with its derivative moments, and its history is of a catalogue of dogmas as well as progressive critiques. In logic, one of philosophy’s products, the continuous or infinite form of knowledge is condensed into the axiom or principle or formula, which carries the appearance of a statement of fact. Contrary to the latter, …