Books
Filosofia sociale del linguaggio (Laterza 2025)
'Filosofia sociale del linguaggio' ('Social Philosophy of Language') is the first Italian introduction to the social philosophy of language.
Drawing upon a wide range of examples from the news, law, literature, movies, TV series, and social media threads, this book shows how philosophy of language can shed light on various forms of manipulation and discrimination – and can help us devise new forms of resistance.
Co-authored with Claudia Bianchi.
Table of contents
I. Manipulation
1. Implicit Communication; 2. Lying, Misleading, Insinuating; 3. Propaganda; 4. Generics; 5. Slurs
II. Discrimination
6. Speech Acts and Politeness; 7. Subordination; 8. Silencing and Discursive Injustice; 9. Consent to Sex; 10. The Language of Social Networks
III. Resistance
11. Counterspeech; 12. Protests; 13. Conceptual Engineering; 14. Gender-inclusive Language
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Sbisà on Speech as Action (Palgrave 2023)
'Sbisà on Speech as Action' provides the first comprehensive critical treatment of Marina Sbisà’s outstanding contribution to speech act theory.
Gathering original essays from a world-class lineup of philosophers of language, linguists, social epistemologists, action theorists, and communication scholars, this collection deals both with foundational questions in speech act theory and issues in social and political pragmatics.
Co-edited with Paolo Labinaz.
Table of contents
1. Marina Sbisà's Deontic Approach to Speech Actions (L. Caponetto & P. Labinaz); 2. Should Speech Act Theory Eschew Propositions? (M. Green); 3. On the Conventional Nature of Illocutionary Acts (B. Ambroise); 4. Varieties of Uptake (C. Bianchi); 5. Interactional Negotiation (M. Witek); 6. Some Varieties of Illocutionary Pluralism (C.R. Johnson); 7. Speech Acts and Ventriloquation (F. Cooren); 8. Towards a Unified Theory of Illocutionary Normativity (N. Marsili); 9. llocutionary Force, Speech Act Norms, and the Coordination and Mutuality of Conversational Expectations (S.C. Goldberg); 10. Speech in Non-ideal Conditions: On Silence and Being Silenced (A. Tanesini); 11. A Speech-Act Theoretic Analysis of White (Prosocial) Lies (M. Terkourafi); 12. Presupposition and Propaganda (M.R. Barnes); 13. Replies to Contributors (M. Sbisà)
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Il primo libro di filosofia del linguaggio e della mente (Einaudi 2022)
'Il primo libro di filosofia del linguaggio e della mente' ('Philosophy of Language and Mind: The Basics') is a short and accessible guide (in Italian) to the main problems in philosophy of language and philosophy of mind.
Co-authored with Davide Bordini, Elisa Paganini, Andrea Raimondi, Alfredo Tomasetta, and Alessandro Zucchi.
Edited by Elisa Paganini.
Table of contents
1. Meaning; 2. Compositionality; 3. Intension and Extension; 4. Indexicals; 5. Descriptive Theories of Reference; 6. Direct Reference; 7. Necessity and The A Priori; 8. Fiction; 9. Vagueness; 10. Speech Acts; 11. Implicatures; 12. Expressives; 13. Metaphors; 14. Mind; 15. Behaviorism; 16. Identity Theories of Mind; 17. Functionalism; 18. Dualism and Panpsychism; 19. Intentionality; 20. Consciousness; 21. Computationalism; 22. Nature and Culture.
