Applied philosophy of language

Borg, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2725-9568 (2016) Applied philosophy of language. In: Coady, D., Brownlee, K. and Lippert-Ramussen, K. (eds.) A Companion to Applied Philosophy. Wiley, pp. 180-195.

Abstract/Summary

This chapter explores the extent to which philosophy of language can be considered an applied discipline. I consider, first, ways in which sub-sections of philosophy of language may be considered as applied in terms of their subject matter and/or the kinds of questions being addressed (e.g. philosophy of language which deals with derogatory or inflammatory uses of language, or the role of philosophy of language within feminist philosophy). Then, in the second part of the chapter, I turn to consider a more general (and perhaps more controversial) conception of philosophy of language as applied, which arises from the methodology adopted and the relationship of the discipline to empirical data.

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Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary Research Centres (IDRCs) > Centre for Cognition Research (CCR) Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy
Publisher	Wiley
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