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Action, passion, power

Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 567-584, September 2025.
Abstract The active/passive distinction, once a hallmark of classical metaphysics, has largely been discarded from contemporary thought. The revival of powers theory has not seen an equally vigorous rehabilitation of the real distinction between active and passive powers. I begin an analysis and vindication with a critique of E.J. Lowe's discussion.
David S. Oderberg
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How do you assert a graph? Towards an account of depictions in scientific testimony

Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 678-699, September 2025.
Abstract I extend the literature on norms of assertion to the ubiquitous use of graphs in scientific papers and presentations, which I term “graphical testimony.” On my account, the testimonial presentation of a graph involves commitment to both (a) the in‐context reliability of the graph's framing devices and (b) the perspective‐relative accuracy of ...
Corey Dethier
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Scalar implicatures and the grammar of plurality and disjunction [PDF]

, 2013
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 2013.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-139).This dissertation explores the role of scalar implicatures in the ...
Ivlieva, Natalia
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Conjoined Comparison and Variation in Degree Semantics

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 19, Issue 4, July/August 2025.
ABSTRACT Conjoined comparisons, consisting of two clauses containing antonymous or positive‐negative predicate pairs, are among the most common comparison construction types in the world's languages. As research on degree constructions from a cross‐linguistic perspective has increased, so too has the number of studies focused on conjoined comparisons ...
M. Ryan Bochnak
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Scalar implicatures or focus: an experimental approach

, 2011
Contains fulltext : 102215.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)A. Zondervan Scalar implicatures or focus: an experimental approach Utrecht:LOT ,2010 978-94-6093-031-
Hogeweg, L.
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The acquisition of scalar implicatures [PDF]

, 2010
Gottinger Schriften zur Englischen Philologie Band 3 Wer bei „scalar implicatures“ an eine exotische Zierfischart denkt und vor seinem geistigen Auge bunte Segelflosser majestatisch zwischen Steinen und Grunpflanzen dahinschweben sieht, der irrt sich sehr: Scalar implicatures bezeichnen keine Buntbarschart, sondern gehoren in den Bereich der Pragmatik.
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Assertoric mindreading

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 111, Issue 1, Page 173-194, July 2025.
Abstract This essay offers an explanation of how assertions express that the speaker has a propositional attitude toward what's asserted. The explanation is that this feature of assertion is owed to a hearer's spontaneous mindreading. I call this the assertoric mindreading hypothesis.
Peter van Elswyk
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The Presuppositions of Soft Triggers are Obligatory Scalar Implicatures [PDF]

, 2014
Presupposition triggers can be divided in two groups, ‘soft ’ and ‘hard, ’ based on whether the presuppositions they give rise to are easily defeasible and whether they project uniformly in quantificational sentences (Abusch 2002, 2010, Charlow 2009 ...
Jacopo Romoli, Romoli, Jacopo
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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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The Style Game: Control, Cues, and Anchors in Real Time Speech Accommodation

Journal of Sociolinguistics, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 210-222, June 2025.
ABSTRACT Theories of speech accommodation and audience design have tended to focus on social identity functions of convergence and divergence in interaction. In this article, I focus on additional interactional phenomena that are under‐studied but systematic.
Devyani Sharma
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