36.744, FYI: STAL Seminar: MARCH 10, 14:30 CET: Claire Horisk, "Derogatory Speech: Conversations, Hearers, and Listeners"

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Subject: 36.744, FYI: STAL Seminar: MARCH 10, 14:30 CET: Claire Horisk, "Derogatory Speech: Conversations, Hearers, and Listeners"

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Date: 01-Mar-2025
From: Dan Zeman [danczeman at gmail.com]
Subject: STAL Seminar: MARCH 10, 14:30 CET: Claire Horisk, "Derogatory Speech: Conversations, Hearers, and Listeners"


The Slurring Terms Across Languages (STAL) network
(https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/home) invites you to a talk
by Claire Horisk (University of Missouri) entitled "Derogatory Speech:
Conversations, Hearers, and Listeners". The talk will take place
online on MARCH 10, 14:30-16:00 Central European Time (CET) and is
part of the of STAL network seminar series
(https://sites.google.com/view/stalnetwork/seminar). If you want to
participate, please write to stalnetwork at gmail.com for the Zoom link.
Below you can find the abstract.
All welcome!
ABSTRACT:
In discussions of how to mitigate political and cultural polarization,
we are often told that we should listen to our opponents. But should
we listen regardless of what they say—even to derogatory speech? From
the standpoint of philosophy, the prescription to listen lacks
subtlety, and we cannot reach greater subtlety without a philosophical
account of listening itself. In my recent work, I distinguish between
listening and hearing and argue that listening to derogatory speech in
the context of a conversation is sometimes morally wrong. In this
talk, I expand my account, particularly with respect to how power
dynamics affect who counts as a conversational participant.

Linguistic Field(s): Philosophy of Language
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics




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