Jennifer Mather Saul
Biographic Data
| ID | 10744894 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer Mather Saul |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer Mather |
| FAMILY NAME | Saul |
| SIGNATURE | SAUL J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Waterloo Chair in Social and Political Philosophy of Language, University of Waterloo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dogwhistles and Figleaves
It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more filled with wildly implausible conspiracy theories. Dogwhistles and Figleaves explores certain ways in which such changes—both of which defied previously settled norms of political speech—have been brought about. Jennifer Saul shows that two linguistic devices, dogwhistles and figleaves, have played a crucial role. Some dogwhistles (such as “88,”…
Lying, Misleading, and What is Said
Many people (both philosophers and not) find it very natural to think that deceiving someone in a way that avoids lying — by merely misleading — is morally preferable to simply lying. Others think this preference is deeply misguided. But all sides agree that there is a distinction. In this book, I undertake a close examination of the lying/misleading distinction. First, I use this very intuitive distinction to shed new light on entrenched debates…
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Lying, Misleading, and What is Said
Many people (both philosophers and not) find it very natural to think that deceiving someone in a way that avoids lying — by merely misleading — is morally preferable to simply lying. Others think this preference is deeply misguided. But all sides agree that there is a distinction. In this book, I undertake a close examination of the lying/misleading distinction. First, I use this very intuitive distinction to shed new light on entrenched debates…
Dogwhistles and Figleaves
It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more filled with wildly implausible conspiracy theories. Dogwhistles and Figleaves explores certain ways in which such changes—both of which defied previously settled norms of political speech—have been brought about. Jennifer Saul shows that two linguistic devices, dogwhistles and figleaves, have played a crucial role. Some dogwhistles (such as “88,”…
Language and languages (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Economics (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (1 work) · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection (1 work) · History (1 work) · Language and ethics (1 work) · Law (1 work)