Ishani Maitra
Biographic Data
| ID | 5911508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ishani Maitra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ishani |
| FAMILY NAME | Maitra |
| SIGNATURE | MAITRA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4507-7402 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Words in Action
This textbook is an authoritative introduction to central issues in the burgeoning subfield of social philosophy of language. The text offers an accessible and engaging presentation of these issues and is designed to serve as the basis for courses at both undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. Topics covered include: lying and deception, telling and testimony, silencing, jokes, slurs, linguistic manipulation, linguistic oppression, consent,…
In Defense of a Kripkean Dogma
The Nature of Epistemic Injustice
Silencing Speech
Pornography deserves special protections, it is often said, because it qualifies as speech. Therefore, no matter what we think of its content, we must afford it the protections that we extend to most speech, but don't extend to other actions. In response, Jennifer Hornsby and Rae Langton have argued that the case is not so simple: one of the harms of pornography, they claim, is that it silences women's speech, thereby preventing women from derivi…
Silence and Responsibility
Silence and Responsibility
Silencing Speech
Pornography deserves special protections, it is often said, because it qualifies as speech. Therefore, no matter what we think of its content, we must afford it the protections that we extend to most speech, but don't extend to other actions. In response, Jennifer Hornsby and Rae Langton have argued that the case is not so simple: one of the harms of pornography, they claim, is that it silences women's speech, thereby preventing women from derivi…
The Nature of Epistemic Injustice
In Defense of a Kripkean Dogma
Words in Action
This textbook is an authoritative introduction to central issues in the burgeoning subfield of social philosophy of language. The text offers an accessible and engaging presentation of these issues and is designed to serve as the basis for courses at both undergraduate and beginning graduate levels. Topics covered include: lying and deception, telling and testimony, silencing, jokes, slurs, linguistic manipulation, linguistic oppression, consent,…
Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (2 works) · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (2 works) · Action (physics) (1 work)