32.3141, FYI: Call for Papers: Synthese Topical Collection on Non-Assertoric Speech Acts

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Subject: 32.3141, FYI: Call for Papers: Synthese Topical Collection on Non-Assertoric Speech Acts

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Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2021 04:35:25
From: Giorgio Sbardolini [g.sbardolini at uva.nl]
Subject: Call for Papers: Synthese Topical Collection on Non-Assertoric Speech Acts

 
Language has a variety of uses. When we make an assertion, we state that
something is the case. However,
assertion is but one of many ways to use language, many of which have not
often been given the attention
they deserve in philosophical analysis. We can use language to give commands,
ask for information, take back
what we said, insult, praise. The purpose of this topical collection will be
to make progress toward our
understanding of these different speech acts that, at least on the surface,
appear to be different from
assertion. Understanding speech acts other than assertion is a necessary
prerequisite to a better
understanding of speech as a unified type of action, in all its multifarious
epistemological, societal, and political
consequences. 

Guest Editors: Luca Incurvati (University of Amsterdam), Leïla Bussière-Caraes
(University of Amsterdam),
Giorgio Sbardolini (University of Amsterdam), Julian Schlöder (University of
Connecticut, Storrs)

Appropriate Topics for Submission include, among others:
- How should the distinction between assertoric and non-assertoric speech acts
be cashed out?
- How should non-assertoric speech acts be analysed?
- What does the study of non-assertoric speech acts reveal about speech acts
more generally?
- Can typical accounts of assertions in terms of commitments, expression,
common ground and norms
be extended to non-assertoric speech acts? If so, how?
- Are there rational constraints on non-assertoric speech acts?
- What is the relation between non-assertoric speech acts and non-declarative
sentences?
- What is the proper semantic or pragmatic analysis of non-declarative
sentences?
- What are the normative consequences of non-assertoric speech acts? For
example, how do
rejections, retractions, or refusals to assent contribute to argument,
disagreement, and debate?
- What is the social and political impact of non-assertoric speech acts?
- What are the ways, if any, in which non-asserting may be used to inflict
harm on a social group, or to
prevent harm from being inflicted?

For further information, please contact the guest editors: l.incurvati at uva.nl,
bussiere at sequitur.eu,
g.sbardolini at uva.nl, julian.schloeder at uconn.edu

The deadline for submissions is 28 February 2022.

Submissions via: https://www.editorialmanager.com/synt/default.aspx

Luca Incurvati, l.incurvati at uva.nl
Leïla Bussière-Caraes, bussiere at sequitur.eu
Giorgio Sbardolini, g.sbardolini at uva.nl
Julian Schlöder, julian.schloeder at uconn.edu
 



Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language





 



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