Scott Davidson
Biographic Data
| ID | 488339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Scott Davidson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Davidson |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIDSON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leicester |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3134-575X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Are LLMs Creative
This paper applies Paul Ricoeur’s threefold mimesis to compare Large Language Models (LLMs) and human semantic innovation. While some studies suggest LLMs match human creativity, a broader hermeneutical approach reveals fundamental differences. Examining prefiguration, configuration, and refiguration, we identify two key distinctions. First, LLMs lack the embodied experience of time that grounds human innovation, operating through mimesis lexios …
Argumentation strategies in lobbying
Purpose This study investigates, through a case study where organisations held opposing lobbying objectives, the argumentation strategies employed by organisations in their lobbying. Big Tech companies lobbied against proposed online harm regulations in the UK, with their objectives clashing with public interest groups with a health focus, who advocated for broader regulations. The research explores the functional relationship between these argum…
Argumentation strategies in lobbying
Purpose This paper develops a typology of argumentation strategies used in lobbying. Unlike in other strategic communication functions such as crisis or risk communication, such typologies have not been proposed in the sub-field of public affairs. Design/methodology/approach The article synthesises the strategic communication, political communication and policy studies literature and employs exchange theory to explain the communicative-strategic …
Lobbying, the public interest, and democracy
Michel Henry Reader
Framing “the Public Interest”
How do lobbyists get their way and what is the consequence for democracy of their strategies? It is frequently asserted that lobbyists appeal to the public interest to strengthen their proposals. This paper empirically corroborates this claim through four case studies cutting across different European cultural clusters and political systems. The paper unpacks how businesses communicatively construct a link between their private interest and the p…
Public affairs practice and lobbying inequality
Although vigorous lobbying by groups within society is essential for the functioning of democracy, it is widely perceived that resource‐rich groups, particularly corporations, enjoy unfair advantages and influence. This perception damages public trust in the efficacy of civic participation and the legitimacy of policymaking. This problem intermittently leads reformers and scholars to assess and develop policies that might assist in addressing lob…
Disability, Obesity and Ageing
Campaign Communication and Political Marketing
Older Voters
This article is a response to Berry's arguments on the impact of population ageing as potentially marginalising younger people in the democratic process. Berry constructs a pessimistic account where a powerful grey vote will enact an age-based ‘majority rule’ and posits this as a ‘democratic deficit’ that contravenes the ‘unwritten’ rules of democracy. This response argues that automatic assumptions of age-related majority rule are frequently bas…
Going grey
Hermeneutics of the Self
The authors present the inaugural issue of ERRS
L'herméneutique du soi
Les auteurs presentent le numero inaugural de ERRS
Britain's Pension Crisis — History and Policy
Thinking After Ricoeur
François-David Sebbah, L'épreuve de la limite
Remedies for Violations of the American Convention on Human Rights
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Recognition of Foreign Governments in New Zealand
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Treaties, Extradition and Diplomatic Immunity
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Older Voters
This article is a response to Berry's arguments on the impact of population ageing as potentially marginalising younger people in the democratic process. Berry constructs a pessimistic account where a powerful grey vote will enact an age-based ‘majority rule’ and posits this as a ‘democratic deficit’ that contravenes the ‘unwritten’ rules of democracy. This response argues that automatic assumptions of age-related majority rule are frequently bas…
Public affairs practice and lobbying inequality
Although vigorous lobbying by groups within society is essential for the functioning of democracy, it is widely perceived that resource‐rich groups, particularly corporations, enjoy unfair advantages and influence. This perception damages public trust in the efficacy of civic participation and the legitimacy of policymaking. This problem intermittently leads reformers and scholars to assess and develop policies that might assist in addressing lob…
Britain's Pension Crisis — History and Policy
Treaties, Extradition and Diplomatic Immunity
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Treaties, Extradition and Diplomatic Immunity
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Recognition of Foreign Governments in New Zealand
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Remedies for Violations of the American Convention on Human Rights
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François-David Sebbah, L'épreuve de la limite
Thinking After Ricoeur
Britain's Pension Crisis — History and Policy
Hermeneutics of the Self
The authors present the inaugural issue of ERRS
L'herméneutique du soi
Les auteurs presentent le numero inaugural de ERRS
Older Voters
This article is a response to Berry's arguments on the impact of population ageing as potentially marginalising younger people in the democratic process. Berry constructs a pessimistic account where a powerful grey vote will enact an age-based ‘majority rule’ and posits this as a ‘democratic deficit’ that contravenes the ‘unwritten’ rules of democracy. This response argues that automatic assumptions of age-related majority rule are frequently bas…
Going grey
Campaign Communication and Political Marketing
Disability, Obesity and Ageing
Public affairs practice and lobbying inequality
Although vigorous lobbying by groups within society is essential for the functioning of democracy, it is widely perceived that resource‐rich groups, particularly corporations, enjoy unfair advantages and influence. This perception damages public trust in the efficacy of civic participation and the legitimacy of policymaking. This problem intermittently leads reformers and scholars to assess and develop policies that might assist in addressing lob…
Framing “the Public Interest”
How do lobbyists get their way and what is the consequence for democracy of their strategies? It is frequently asserted that lobbyists appeal to the public interest to strengthen their proposals. This paper empirically corroborates this claim through four case studies cutting across different European cultural clusters and political systems. The paper unpacks how businesses communicatively construct a link between their private interest and the p…
Michel Henry Reader
Lobbying, the public interest, and democracy
Argumentation strategies in lobbying
Purpose This paper develops a typology of argumentation strategies used in lobbying. Unlike in other strategic communication functions such as crisis or risk communication, such typologies have not been proposed in the sub-field of public affairs. Design/methodology/approach The article synthesises the strategic communication, political communication and policy studies literature and employs exchange theory to explain the communicative-strategic …
Argumentation strategies in lobbying
Purpose This study investigates, through a case study where organisations held opposing lobbying objectives, the argumentation strategies employed by organisations in their lobbying. Big Tech companies lobbied against proposed online harm regulations in the UK, with their objectives clashing with public interest groups with a health focus, who advocated for broader regulations. The research explores the functional relationship between these argum…
Are LLMs Creative
This paper applies Paul Ricoeur’s threefold mimesis to compare Large Language Models (LLMs) and human semantic innovation. While some studies suggest LLMs match human creativity, a broader hermeneutical approach reveals fundamental differences. Examining prefiguration, configuration, and refiguration, we identify two key distinctions. First, LLMs lack the embodied experience of time that grounds human innovation, operating through mimesis lexios …
Political science (11 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works)