Ishani Maitra (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Un, Mary Kate McGowan (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy

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Words in Action

An Introduction to the Social Philosophy of Language

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 153mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780190929022
• ISBN-10: 0190929022
• Artikelnr.: 73664243