Megan Henricks Stotts
Biographic Data
| ID | 5996208 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Henricks Stotts |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan Henricks |
| FAMILY NAME | Stotts |
| SIGNATURE | STOTTS M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5047-1693 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Conversational maxims as social norms
I argue that although Paul Grice’s picture of conversational maxims and conversational implicature is an immensely useful theoretical tool, his view about the nature of the maxims is misguided. Grice portrays conversational maxims as tenets of rationality, but I will contend that they are best seen as social norms. I develop this proposal in connection to Philip Pettit’s account of social norms, with the result that conversational maxims are seen…
Moving from the mental to the behavioral in the metaphysics of social institutions
Conventions without knowledge of conformity
Demystifying metaphor
Toward a sharp semantics/pragmatics distinction
Toward a sharp semantics/pragmatics distinction
Demystifying metaphor
Conventions without knowledge of conformity
Conversational maxims as social norms
I argue that although Paul Grice’s picture of conversational maxims and conversational implicature is an immensely useful theoretical tool, his view about the nature of the maxims is misguided. Grice portrays conversational maxims as tenets of rationality, but I will contend that they are best seen as social norms. I develop this proposal in connection to Philip Pettit’s account of social norms, with the result that conversational maxims are seen…
Moving from the mental to the behavioral in the metaphysics of social institutions
Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Metaphysics (3 works) · Philosophy of language (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 works) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (2 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (2 works)