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The Logical Possibility of Moral Dilemmas in Expressivist Semantics: A Case Study

European Journal of Analytic Philosophy
In this paper, using Mark Schroeder’s (2008a) expressivist semantic framework for normative language as a case study, I will identify difficulties that even an expressivist semantic theory capable of addressing the Frege-Geach problem will encounter in ...
Ryo Tanaka
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Towards a Fregean psycholinguistics

Analytic Philosophy, Volume 66, Issue 3, Page 349-371, September 2025.
Abstract This paper is partly exegetical, partly systematic. I argue that Frege's account of what he called “colouring” contains some important insights on how communication is related to mental states such as mental images or emotions. I also show that the Fregean perspective is supported by current research in psycholinguistics and that a full ...
Thorsten Sander
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Is it moral to punish a criminal both during his lifetime and posthumously?

The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 330-339, September 2025.
Abstract We seek to probe into the question of whether it is moral to administer a punishment on a criminal both in his lifetime and posthumously. Is it moral to punish a murderer both during his lifetime by sentencing him, for instance, to life imprisonment, and posthumously—let us assume—by burial in a separate section of the cemetery exclusively ...
Adam Weiler Gur Arye, Meshi Ori
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The expressive function of folk psychology

Filosofia Unisinos, 2017
The aim of this paper is to present a challenge to the received view in folk psychology. According to this challenge, the semantic assumption behind the received view, which considers that propositional attitude ascriptions are descriptions of the ...
Victor Fernandez Castro
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Teaching Writing in the Chinese Primary and Secondary School Contexts: An Analysis of the Discourses of Writing in L2 Curriculum Documents

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 3, Page 1285-1297, August 2025.
ABSTRACT Despite the significance of second language (L2) writing curricula in guiding effective and successful teaching practices, limited studies have explored the underlying pedagogical philosophies and values in writing curricula in L2 school contexts.
Shulin Yu, Simin Liu
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“Now what?” in Social Ontology and Metaethics

Journal of Social Ontology
Error theorists of all stripes face the “Now what?”-question: what do we do with our judgements if they are systematically erroneous? The question is perhaps most commonly discussed with error theories about all moral judgements or all normative ...
Olof Leffler
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Social Rationality and Human Reasoning: Logical Expressivism and the Flat Mind

Topics in Cognitive Science, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 636-661, July 2025.
Abstract This paper attempts to reconcile the claims that the mind is both flat (Chater, 2018) and highly rational (Oaksford & Chater, 2020). According to the flat mind hypothesis, the mind is a mass of inconsistent and contradictory fragments of experience.
Mike Oaksford
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Principia Metaethica: the Alphabet of Moral Theories. Chrisman, M. (2023). What is this Thing Called Metaethics? Abingdon: Routledge.

Sententiae
Review of Chrisman, M. (2023) What is this Thing Called Metaethics? Abingdon: Routledge.
Herman Vykhor
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What a jerk!

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 458-474, June 2025.
Abstract I argue that “general pejoratives” such as “jerk” or “bastard” differ crucially from items such as “that damn N”. While items such as the latter typically serve to give vent to one's attitudes, general pejoratives essentially involve judgments about a person's behaviour or character.
Thorsten Sander
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Expression, Description, and Conscious Belief

Ideas y Valores, 2014
The paper reviews expressivism with respect to statements of the form “I believe that p”. The expressivist holds that the statement “I believe it is raining” is an expression and not a description of the belief that it is raining.
Javier Vidal López
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