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Bad Words

By David Sosa

Bad Words

By David Sosa

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What makes a word bad? Bad Words is a philosophical examination of slurs and other derogatory and problematic language, by some of the leading contributors to the field. Slurs are an interesting case for the philosophy of language. On the one hand, they seem to be meaningful in something like the way many other expressions are meaningful - different slurs might seem in some way to refer to different groups, for example. But on the other hand, it's clear that slurs also have distinctive practical effects and roles: they can seem to be just an arbitrary tool for insulting or enabling harm. How are those aspects related? Just how the use of words is related to their significance is of course one of the deepest issues in philosophy of language: slurs not only refine that issue, by presenting a kind of use that presents novel challenges, but also give the issue a compelling practical relevance. The Engaging Philosophy series is a new forum for collective philosophical engagement with controversial issues in contemporary society.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
244
Release Date:
2018-09-26
Publication Date:
2018-09-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press(UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198758650
ISBN13:
9780198758655
Weight:
534 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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