Words in Action explores the many ways in which language permeates our social world. Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan explain how tools from the philosophy of language can help illuminate how language works socially, and how we can challenge the injustices wrought by language use. Their accessible introduction to this growing subfield is suitable for both students and scholars.
Words in Action explores the many ways in which language permeates our social world. Ishani Maitra and Mary Kate McGowan explain how tools from the philosophy of language can help illuminate how language works socially, and how we can challenge the injustices wrought by language use. Their accessible introduction to this growing subfield is suitable for both students and scholars.
Ishani Maitra is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan. She works in philosophy of language, feminist philosophy, epistemology, and philosophy of law and has published on silencing, subordination, hate speech, assertion, testimonial injustice, and conceptual ethics, among several other topics. She is the co-editor, with Mary Kate McGowan, of Speech and Harm: Controversies Over Free Speech (2012). Mary Kate McGowan is the Margaret Clapp '30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of Philosophy at Wellesley College. Her work focuses on metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of law, and feminism. Her previous publications also include Just Words: On Speech and Hidden Harm (2019).
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Introduction Chapter 1: Lying and Deception Chapter 2: Telling and Testimony Chapter 3: Silencing Chapter 4: Jokes Chapter 5: Slurs Chapter 6: Linguistic Manipulation Chapter 7: Linguistic Oppression Chapter 8: Consent Chapter 9: Promises and Threats Chapter 10: Gender and Language