Grace Paterson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3592454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Grace Paterson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Grace |
| FAMILY NAME | Paterson |
| SIGNATURE | PATERSON G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Inland Norway |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6065-4995 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sock Puppetry in Online Communication
This paper concerns sock puppetry, a practice which involves an individual communicating under multiple pseudonymous identities in a manner that makes it seem as though these personas are distinct conversational participants. I provide a definition of sock puppetry that is more narrow than other definitions, allowing it to be distinguished from related phenomena. I then analyse some of the ways in which sock puppetry can interfere with social too…
Spokespersons, Proxies, and the Problem of Acting for Others
Both individuals and groups sometimes make use of proxy agents who perform actions on their behalf. Although these kinds of actions are vital to our social and political lives, they raise deep questions about agency and responsibility. One concern is whether and in what ways a principal can be responsible for actions performed by way of their proxy. I argue here that two conditions are necessary if a principal is to be considered responsible for …
Heard but not received
In speech act theory, we say there has been successful uptake of a speech act when a hearer has understood what the speaker was trying to say to them. I argue that it is possible to be understood without having what you say taken seriously. For a speech act to be without defect, then, hearers must not only take up the speech act, but also be open to responding to it in appropriate ways. I call this kind of openness receptivity and argue that it s…
Trusting on Another's Say-So
We frequently trust others—even strangers—based on little more than the good word of a third party. The purpose of this paper is to explain how such trust is possible by way of certain speech acts. I argue that the speech act of vouching is the primary mechanism at work in many of these cases and provide an account of vouching in comparison to the speech act of guaranteeing. On this account, guaranteeing and vouching both commit the speaker to ce…
Sincerity in bulk
This paper is concerned with situations in which a speaker issues many speech acts at the same time. A common example is the publication of a large text such as a book containing many distinct assertions. It is argued that these cases present a challenge for speech act theory related to how we are to understand sincerity. With reference to the well known paradox of the preface, it is argued that sincerity of such bulk speech cannot be understood …
Group speakers
This paper examines group speech acts to argue against the view, here called speaker intentionalism, that one is a speaker behind a speech act in virtue of having the relevant communicative illocutionary intention. An alternative view is presented called speaker responsibilism according to which one is a speaker in virtue of having certain responsibilities. Complexities are considered which arise from the kinds of responsibilities the speaker has…
Group speakers
This paper examines group speech acts to argue against the view, here called speaker intentionalism, that one is a speaker behind a speech act in virtue of having the relevant communicative illocutionary intention. An alternative view is presented called speaker responsibilism according to which one is a speaker in virtue of having certain responsibilities. Complexities are considered which arise from the kinds of responsibilities the speaker has…
Group speakers
This paper examines group speech acts to argue against the view, here called speaker intentionalism, that one is a speaker behind a speech act in virtue of having the relevant communicative illocutionary intention. An alternative view is presented called speaker responsibilism according to which one is a speaker in virtue of having certain responsibilities. Complexities are considered which arise from the kinds of responsibilities the speaker has…
Trusting on Another's Say-So
We frequently trust others—even strangers—based on little more than the good word of a third party. The purpose of this paper is to explain how such trust is possible by way of certain speech acts. I argue that the speech act of vouching is the primary mechanism at work in many of these cases and provide an account of vouching in comparison to the speech act of guaranteeing. On this account, guaranteeing and vouching both commit the speaker to ce…
Sincerity in bulk
This paper is concerned with situations in which a speaker issues many speech acts at the same time. A common example is the publication of a large text such as a book containing many distinct assertions. It is argued that these cases present a challenge for speech act theory related to how we are to understand sincerity. With reference to the well known paradox of the preface, it is argued that sincerity of such bulk speech cannot be understood …
Heard but not received
In speech act theory, we say there has been successful uptake of a speech act when a hearer has understood what the speaker was trying to say to them. I argue that it is possible to be understood without having what you say taken seriously. For a speech act to be without defect, then, hearers must not only take up the speech act, but also be open to responding to it in appropriate ways. I call this kind of openness receptivity and argue that it s…
Sock Puppetry in Online Communication
This paper concerns sock puppetry, a practice which involves an individual communicating under multiple pseudonymous identities in a manner that makes it seem as though these personas are distinct conversational participants. I provide a definition of sock puppetry that is more narrow than other definitions, allowing it to be distinguished from related phenomena. I then analyse some of the ways in which sock puppetry can interfere with social too…
Spokespersons, Proxies, and the Problem of Acting for Others
Both individuals and groups sometimes make use of proxy agents who perform actions on their behalf. Although these kinds of actions are vital to our social and political lives, they raise deep questions about agency and responsibility. One concern is whether and in what ways a principal can be responsible for actions performed by way of their proxy. I argue here that two conditions are necessary if a principal is to be considered responsible for …
Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Speech act (4 works) · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works)