Emma Lane
Biographic Data
| ID | 245849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emma Lane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emma |
| FAMILY NAME | Lane |
| SIGNATURE | LANE E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7915-6862 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Metaphor, truth, and composition
Non-Cognitivism about metaphor – the thesis that there is no such thing as metaphorical meaning or content – is defended in a 1978 paper by Donald Davidson, and the view has lately enjoyed a revival due to work by Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone. I argue that while non-cognitivists are right to emphasize that certain characteristic effects of metaphor – especially its relationship to ‘seeing as’ and the imagination – cannot be explained in terms o…
The impact of deadnaming
To deadname is to call a trans person by a name they have rejected. Deadnaming has a visceral impact. Why? This paper canvasses several possible answers. While deadnaming may sometimes evoke painful memories or communicate that the speaker is transphobic, I suggest that deadnaming is hurtful for fundamentally prohibitionist reasons. When a deadname is used, it violates a prohibition that has been enacted by a trans person’s exercise of linguistic…
Metaphor and ambiguity
What is the status of metaphorical meaning? Is it an input to semantic composition or is it derived post-semantically? This question has divided theorists for decades. Griceans argue that metaphorical meaning/content is a kind of implicature that is generated through post-semantic processing. Others, such as the contextualists, argue that metaphorical meaning is an input to semantic composition and thus part of “what is said” by an utterance. I t…
Distinguishing two kinds of fictionalism
Fictionalist theories of metaphor hold that metaphorical utterances aim at fictionality . Fictionalism successfully explains speaker judgments about the truth and aptness of metaphorical utterances, and it also accurately predicts the data around metaphor and autistic individuals (who have deficits in both imaginative play and metaphor comprehension). But fictionalism is not a viable theory of metaphor, despite these merits, because of (what I ca…
M. E. Sarotte, Not One Inch
Book review on M. E. Sarotte, Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021. 568 pages. ISBN 978-0-300-25993-3
The impact of deadnaming
To deadname is to call a trans person by a name they have rejected. Deadnaming has a visceral impact. Why? This paper canvasses several possible answers. While deadnaming may sometimes evoke painful memories or communicate that the speaker is transphobic, I suggest that deadnaming is hurtful for fundamentally prohibitionist reasons. When a deadname is used, it violates a prohibition that has been enacted by a trans person’s exercise of linguistic…
M. E. Sarotte, Not One Inch
Book review on M. E. Sarotte, Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021. 568 pages. ISBN 978-0-300-25993-3
Metaphor and ambiguity
What is the status of metaphorical meaning? Is it an input to semantic composition or is it derived post-semantically? This question has divided theorists for decades. Griceans argue that metaphorical meaning/content is a kind of implicature that is generated through post-semantic processing. Others, such as the contextualists, argue that metaphorical meaning is an input to semantic composition and thus part of “what is said” by an utterance. I t…
Distinguishing two kinds of fictionalism
Fictionalist theories of metaphor hold that metaphorical utterances aim at fictionality . Fictionalism successfully explains speaker judgments about the truth and aptness of metaphorical utterances, and it also accurately predicts the data around metaphor and autistic individuals (who have deficits in both imaginative play and metaphor comprehension). But fictionalism is not a viable theory of metaphor, despite these merits, because of (what I ca…
The impact of deadnaming
To deadname is to call a trans person by a name they have rejected. Deadnaming has a visceral impact. Why? This paper canvasses several possible answers. While deadnaming may sometimes evoke painful memories or communicate that the speaker is transphobic, I suggest that deadnaming is hurtful for fundamentally prohibitionist reasons. When a deadname is used, it violates a prohibition that has been enacted by a trans person’s exercise of linguistic…
Metaphor, truth, and composition
Non-Cognitivism about metaphor – the thesis that there is no such thing as metaphorical meaning or content – is defended in a 1978 paper by Donald Davidson, and the view has lately enjoyed a revival due to work by Ernie Lepore and Matthew Stone. I argue that while non-cognitivists are right to emphasize that certain characteristic effects of metaphor – especially its relationship to ‘seeing as’ and the imagination – cannot be explained in terms o…
Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Metaphor (2 works) · Metaphysics (2 works) · Philosophy of language (2 works) · Ambiguity (1 work) · Ancient history (1 work) · Autism (1 work)