In other words, translation is easier among concepts which more readily hook onto the actual world, not just the exclusively human cultural world. Entertaining a diversity of thought in this way is thus tremendously helpful in separating worldly wheat from cultural chaff.

#philosophy #PhilosophyOfLanguage #linguistics #translation #Japan

Harry G. #Frankfurt just died.
A man who introduced into #philosophy and #rhetoric the essential distinction between mere #lie and full blown #bullshit. He will be taught and fondly remembered.

https://youtu.be/_D9Y-1Jcov4

#HarryFrankfurt #philosophyoflanguage

Eric Mandelbaum won the #SPP2023 Stanton Prize. 🎉

Eric thought Noam Chomsky might attend, which helps explains Eric talking about #propaganda, whether it’s getting worse, and the (bounded) rationality of how we consume it.



It was very Eric—i.e., very Fodorian and very funny.

Chaz Firestone’s introduction of Eric was immaculate.

You can find Eric’s work (including recent ventures into empirical research) on gScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8jXQhvMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

#philMind #PhilosophyOfLanguage #Epistemology

Another #SPP2023 Keynote Elisabeth Camp suggests “Identity Labels [can function[ as Interpretive Frames for Building Agency”

Some pushback and requests for clarification in the Q&A.

Find your own clarification from Dr. Camp's gScholar page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RfuoIFYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

#Philosophy #Ethics #PhilosophyOfAction #PhilosophyOfLanguage

This Thursday I’m participating in a panel on Simon Hewitt’s recent book on Negative Theology and Philosophical Analysis, at the EUARE2023 Congress, here in St Andrews.

If you’re in the area, come along. If you’d like to get a hint of what I’m talking about, you’re in luck: https://consequently.org/presentation/2023/numbers-the-world-and-god/

#philosophy #PhilosophyOfReligion #PhilosophyOfLanguage

3 questions about language use for #AcademicMastodon:

1.what do you consider to be the difference in meaning between *in virtue of* & *because of* (eg 'the glass broke in virtue of being / because it was dropped')?
2. What determines your choice of either?
3. Do you know of published sources that discuss this?

Thx for your insights.

#philosophy #CriticalRealism
#language
#causality
#PhilosophyOfLanguage

Hi,

I'm a researcher interested in theoretical computer science, software engineering, mathematical logic, also related philosophical topics.

My recent papers:

Mathematics:
"On proving consistency of equational theories in Bounded Arithmetic". Arnold Beckmann and Yoriyuki Yamagata, preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.04832

"Consistency proof of a fragment of PV with substitution in bounded arithmetic." Yoriyuki Yamagata, The Journal of Symbolic Logic 2018: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.7087

Software Engineering:
(2020). "Falsification of cyber-physical systems using deep reinforcement learning", Yamagata, Y., Liu, S., Akazaki, T., Duan, Y., & Hao, J, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 47(12), 2823-2840 (2021), https://staff.aist.go.jp/yoriyuki.yamagata/paper/falsify.pdf

Philosophy:
, "On the notion of validity for the bilateral classical logic", Suzuki, Ukyo & Yamagata, Yoriyuki, preprint: https://philpapers.org/rec/SUZOTN

Extra: COVID19
"Individual-based epidemiological model of COVID19 using location data". In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (pp. 4434-4442). IEEE.

#Logic #MathematicalLogic #BoundedArithmetic #SoftwareEngineering
#Philosophy
#PhilosophicalLogic
#PhilosophyOfLanguage
#COVID19 #Introduction

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Having studied #PhilosophyOfLanguage for a bit, The Idea Theory of Meaning a la #Locke still seems most plausible to me, counter arguments being quite weak imho. Theories such as Two Dimensionalism and Possible Worlds Semantics are exceptionally overwrought #philosohy #linguistics #meaning #semantics

Having studied #PhilosophyOfLanguage for a bit, The Idea Theory of Meaning a la #Locke still seems most plausible to me, counter arguments being quite weak imho. Theories such as Two Dimensionalism and Possible Worlds Semantics are exceptionally overwrought #philosohy #linguistics #meaning #semantics

Reading #StephenFinlay's #ConfusionOfTongues (OUP, 2014), which I look forward to teaching in the spring. Such a great, meticulously crafted, insightful #Book. I'm learning tons, not just about the meaning of 'good,' 'ought,' 'reason,' etc., but also, I hope, about how to think about issues of the relevant sort. #Philosophy #Metaethics #PhilosophyOfLanguage #Semantics #Normativity

I don’t think that is possible to make up a totally formal and logical language because probably our ambiguous language has been evolutionarily selected for a proper adaptation to the world that itself has constructed #philosophyoflanguage

I have been interacting with #ChatGPT…after some time you don’t know who are you talking to #AI #philosophyoflanguage

I study the relationship between #philosophyoflanguage and #politicaltheory. Specifically, i am interested in the way we make #meaning together through discourse and the implications of this for #democraticsystems. In #democratictheory, I focus primarily on the way #digitalspaces affect #meaning-making. In order to adequately understand digital space, I decided I should be a part of it. So, come say hi! #politicalphilosophy #mediastudies #criticalmediastudies

Follow me if you are interested in #politicaltheory #democracy #philosophy #philosophyoflanguage #digitaldemocracy looking to try out building a digital community (to see if it is possible)!

Any #PhilosophyOfLanguage or #Linguistics friends want to weigh in on this? Why is it tolerated when philosophers approximate Saussure's signifier as "sound", when he specifically warns not to do this. Signifiers are sound PATTERNS (aka sound image). They are psychological not physical. Both #Barthes and #Derrida do this. This distinction cuts deep because it helps justify Saussure's whole langue program. Shall no one take Derrida to task over this?? #Saussure #CGL

Any #PhilosophyOfLanguage or #Linguistics friends want to weigh in on this? Why is it tolerated when philosophers approximate Saussure's signifier as "sound", when he specifically warns not to do this. Signifiers are sound PATTERNS (aka sound image). They are psychological not physical. Both #Barthes and #Derrida do this. This distinction cuts deep because it helps justify Saussure's whole langue program. Shall no one take Derrida to task over this?? #Saussure #CGL

Currently, I am prepping to apply for law/dual degree programs where I hope to work a balance between advocacy in #VotingRights, #CivilRights, #ReproductiveJustice, and academic research in #PropertyLaw, #ConstitutionalLaw, #PoliticalTheory #Linguistics & #PhilosophyOfLanguage.
Another area of interest is the relevance of #ProcessPhilosophy for language, metaphysics, and cognition.

Also, I am a reader of fictions, fixer of old typewriters, fan of cats.

Hi mastodon, I'm Giorgio and I teach #philosophyoflanguage and #metaphysics at the University of L'Aquila in Italy.

I've never used Twitter.

Please follow me for some updates about my ongoing works on #mereology and #intuition, my readings, and some casual thoughts about academy, politics and perhaps even life!