In this paper I offer a brief introduction about what derogatory epithets (or "slurs") are, how we use them and why they should ever interest philosophers of language and linguists; I will present three kinds of possible analyses of slurs, focusing on what kind of intuitions they account for and what kind of problems they encounter. In the last session, I sketch the theory I defend: an analysis of slurs' derogatory content in terms of presuppositions. Besides presenting the explanatory advantages of such approach, I briefly present the challenges this strategy faces and propose possible solutions to the main objections.
THE DEROGATORY EPITHETS: INFAMOUS PRESUPPOSITIONS/GLI EPITETI DENIGRATORI: PRESUPPOSIZIONI INFAMI / Cepollaro, B. - In: ESERCIZI FILOSOFICI. - ISSN 1970-0164. - 10:2(2015), pp. 154-168. [URI http://hdl.handle.net/10077/12457]
THE DEROGATORY EPITHETS: INFAMOUS PRESUPPOSITIONS/GLI EPITETI DENIGRATORI: PRESUPPOSIZIONI INFAMI
Cepollaro B
2015-01-01
Abstract
In this paper I offer a brief introduction about what derogatory epithets (or "slurs") are, how we use them and why they should ever interest philosophers of language and linguists; I will present three kinds of possible analyses of slurs, focusing on what kind of intuitions they account for and what kind of problems they encounter. In the last session, I sketch the theory I defend: an analysis of slurs' derogatory content in terms of presuppositions. Besides presenting the explanatory advantages of such approach, I briefly present the challenges this strategy faces and propose possible solutions to the main objections.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
