<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class=""><a href="https://wkap.phl.univie.ac.at/programm-201718/gillian-russell/" class="">https://wkap.phl.univie.ac.at/programm-201718/gillian-russell/</a></p><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">Liebe KollegInnen und Interessierte:</p><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><div class="">Dear colleagues and interested individuals:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Diesen Donnerstag, 18.1.2018, 16-18h, Raum 3A im NIG, die zweite Sitzung des <b class="">Wiener Kolloquium Analytische Philosophie:</b></div><div class="">This Thursday, 18/1/2018, 17-19h, room 3A in NIG, second session of the <strong class="">Vienna Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy</strong>:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Gillian Russell (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill))<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Speech Acts and Speaking Up</b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Abstract: When people encounter speech that they judge to inappropriately
denigrate others, they often feel both a desire and an obligation to
respond with more speech – a response that I’ll call “speaking up”. When
we hear our colleagues unfairly put down, racist or sexist jokes told,
or misleading aspersions cast on victims, many of us wonder whether we
should speak up, and some people speak up more readily and with more
confidence than others. But whether we speak up or not, is also common
to have doubts about its value. Some reservations might concern
outweighing pragmatic reasons – as when one suspects that speaking up
will provoke violence. But others – the ones this paper is concerned
with – reflect worries about the value and effectiveness of speaking up
in the first place. People worry that their professed support for an
oppressed group on facebook would merely serve to signal their
own goodness. Or they worry that even if speaking up would be good, they
are not the right person to do it – perhaps it would be better left to a
member of the denigrated group themselves? Others worry that they will
do a poor job of arguing against the offensive speaker, something that
might be worse than saying nothing at all. And finally, one might worry
about what speaking up can be expected to actually achieve.<br class="">
A skeptic about the value of speaking up might argue that speaking up is simply contributing <i class="">more talk</i>,
and that something concrete – perhaps “real action” or a monetary
donation – ought to be favoured instead. The goal of the present paper
is use a model of denigrating speech that has been taking shape in the
literature on speech acts to answer questions about the effectiveness
and value of speaking up. According to the model, some denigrating
utterances are themselves <i class="">acts (or attempted acts) of subordination</i>.
In this paper I develop the models further – employing Stalnaker’s
notion of a Context Set and Lewis‘ Rule of Accommodation (both
mechanisms suggested by Maitra) – and explore the model’s consequences
with respect to speaking up. Assuming this model of denigrating speech,
one might suspect quite generally that if „mere“ speech is powerful
enough to subordinate, then it might also be powerful enough to undo
subordination, or prevent it from taking effect. My thesis in this
paper is that it can, and in ways that exploit linguistic mechanisms
already recognised in mainstream philosophy of language.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">After the talk, we will take Gillian Russell out to dinner (to a vegetarian restaurant still to be determined). Those attending the talk are welcome to join, but are asked to let us know in advance, so that we can make arrangements. Please email Sandrine Klot (<a href="mailto:alexandra.klot@univie.ac.at" class="">alexandra.klot@univie.ac.at</a>) by Wednesday 17th in the morning.</b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Wiener Kolloquium Analytische Philosophie</b><br class=""><div class=""><div class="">Alle Details unter: <a href="https://wkap.phl.univie.ac.at/" class="">https://wkap.phl.univie.ac.at/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Das Kolloquium hat zwei Ziele: Es soll interessante zeitgenössische Philosophinnen und Philosophen von nah und fern an unser Institut in Wien bringen, damit sie uns Aspekte ihrer Arbeit vorstellen können. Es soll uns und den eingeladenen PhilosophInnen die Gelegenheit geben, die vorgestellten philosophischen Thesen in entspannter und freundschaftlicher Atmosphäre ernsthaft und kontrovers zu diskutieren. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><strong class="">Vienna Colloquium in Analytic Philosophy</strong></div><div class="">Details under: <a href="https://wkap.phl.univie.ac.at/" class="">https://wkap.phl.univie.ac.at/</a></div><div class=""><strong class=""><br class=""></strong></div><div class="">The Colloquium has two aims: It is meant to bring interesting contemporary philosophers to our Institute in Vienna so that they can present aspects of their work. It is also supposed to provide an opportunity for us and the invited philosophers to discuss the presented material in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere, even if seriously and with controversy.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Die nächsten Vorträge:</b></div><div class=""><b class="">Upcoming talks:</b></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">INSA LAWLER (Duisburg-Essen)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do, 01.02.2018, 16-18h</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">CHARLOTTE WERNDL (Salzburg)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do, 15.03.2018, 16-18h</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">TIM CRANE <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>(Central European University)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do, 22.03.2018, 16-18h</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">KATHARINA FELKA (Zürich/Uppsala)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do, 12.04.2018, 16-18h</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">MARIAN DAVID (Graz)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do, 26.04.2018, 16-18h</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">ANGELIKA KRATZER (Massachusetts)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Do, 17.05.2018, 16-18h</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="">
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