Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

The Philosophy of Hybrid Representations (PHR)

The reading group of the project New Paths in the Philosophy of Hybrid Representations starts in October 2024.

The first term of 2024-2025 is dedicated to reading Una Stojnic's and Ernest Lepore's forthcoming OUP book, Inflammatory Language.

The second term of 2024-2025 is dedicated to evaluatives, thick terms, and dual-character concepts, including experimental approaches.



Convenor:

Teresa Marques

Sessions

  • 1st session: Stojnic and Lepore, Inflammatory Language (pages i-33)

    Stojnic and Lepore (forthcoming). Inflammatory Language: Its Linguistics and Philosophy

    (reading up to page 33).

    11 October 2024

    13:00, Via zoom

  • 2nd session: Stojnic and Lepore, Inflammatory Language (pp. 63-79)

    although we plan to discuss chapter 6, chapters 3-5 (30 pages total) may be relevant and can be referred in the seminar if necessary.

    31 October 2024

    13:00

  • 3rd session: Stojnic and Lepore, Inflammatory Language (chapter 9)

    Stojnic and Lepore (forthcoming). Inflammatory Language: Its Linguistics and Philosophy

    08 November 2024

    13:00, Via zoom

  • 4th session: Lo Guercio "Maximize Expressivity!"

    Nicolàs Lo Guercio, (ms), "Maximize Expressivity!"

    22 November 2024

    00:00, Via zoom

  • 5th session: Perhat "The effect of Slurs"

    Perhat, Julia (ms), "The effect of slurs: derogatory-labeling injustice"

    06 December 2024

    13:00, Via zoom

  • 6th session: Zeman "The Harms of Non-derogatory Uses of Slurs"

    Dan Zeman (MS) "The Harms of Non-derogatory Uses of Slurs and the Potential Normalization Argument"

    10 January 2025

    13:00, Via zoom

  • 7th session: Zyglewicz, "Slur Reclamation and the polysemy/homonymy distinction"

    Tomasz Zyglewicz, "Slur Reclamation and the polysemy/homonymy distinction" forthcoming in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy.

    31 January 2025

    13:00, Via zoom

  • 8th session: Vicente, "Polysemies and the One Representation Hypothesis"

    Agustin Vicente (2024), "Polysemies and the One Representation Hypothesis" Mental Lexicon,
    https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ml.23016.vic

    Gus Vicente joins us for the session

    14 February 2025

    13:00, Via zoom

  • 9th session: Liebesman & Magidor, "Polysemy, Copredication, and Polysemy-centric Approaches"

    David Liebesman and Ofra Magidor, "Polysemy, Copredication, and Polysemy-centric Approaches", chapter 7 of their forthcoming book, Property Versatility and Copredication, Oxford University Press.

    Dave and Ofra will join us online for the discussion. The session will last 90 minutes only.

    28 February 2025

    13:00, Via zoom

  • 10th session: Collins & Vicente, chapters of Multiple Meanings

    John Collins and Agustín Vicente, chapters 1 and 3 of Multiple Meanings: On the Philosophy, Linguistics, & Psychology of Polysemy/Copredication (manuscript)

    14 March 2025

    13:00, Via zoom