Leo Townsend
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 111306 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Leo Townsend |
| PRENOMES | Leo |
| SOBRENOME | Townsend |
| ASSINATURA | TOWNSEND L |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Vienna |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5992-162X |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 15 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2013 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Indigenous Collective Rights to Consultation and Representative Speech
Indigenous participatory rights, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( undrip ), are collective rights for Indigenous Peoples to have a say in decisions affecting them – something these communities are envisaged as doing “through their own representative institutions” (Article 19). However, the conditions of group representation are not clearly spelled out in the undrip or in commentaries on its provis…
The right to consultation is a right to be heard
In this chapter, we argue that approaches to consultation that purport to give affected Peoples a chance to speak without ensuring that what they say is heard, do not amount to consultation in any meaningful sense. We demonstrate this, making use of the theoretical framework of epistemic injustice, by outlining some of the many ways in which Peoples are not heard, facing instead practices of hermeneutical and testimonial injustice. As a result, t…
An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake
Since Austin’s introduction of the locutionary-illocutionary-perlocutionary distinction, it has been a matter of debate within speech act theory whether illocutionary acts like promising, warning, refusing and telling require audience ‘uptake’ in order to be performed. Philosophers on different sides of this debate have tried to support their positions by appealing to hypothetical scenarios, designed to elicit intuitive judgements about the role …
Illocution by example
The Philosophy of Fanaticism
"The essays in this volume explore some of the disconcerting realities of fanaticism, by analyzing its unique dynamics, and considering how it can be productively confronted. The book features both analytic and continental philosophical approaches to fanaticism. Working at the intersections of epistemology, philosophy of emotions, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion, the contributors address a range of questions related to this incre…
Philosophy of Fanaticism
Representation and Epistemic Violence
Sometimes an individual gets taken as speaking for a wider group without laying claim to any such authority – they are thrust unwillingly, and sometimes even unknowingly, into the role of that group’s representative. Especially for members of subordinated social groups in certain contexts, this can be hard to shake: despite their best efforts to disavow any authority to speak in the name of others, their voice might be taken as the voice of their…
Epistemic Injustice and Indigenous Peoples in the Inter-American Human Rights System
In this paper we examine the epistemic treatment of Indigenous peoples by the Inter-American Court and Commission on Human Rights, two institutions that have sought to affirm the rights of Indigenous peoples in the wake of colonialism and industrial encroachment onto Indigenous land. The Court and Commission have sought to do this in two ways. First, they have insisted on a right to consultation, according to which any Indigenous peoples who woul…
Discursive paternalism
According to an influential tradition in speech act theory, it takes more than linguistic mastery and normative entitlement to do things with words; one's words must also be given a suitable reception or social uptake. Working within this tradition, I identify and characterize the phenomenon of discursive paternalism . Discursive paternalism occurs when a party to a speaker's act takes control of the uptake the act receives, with the aim of curat…
The Epistemology of Collective Testimony
In this paper, I explore what gives collective testimony its epistemic credentials, through a critical discussion of three competing accounts of the epistemology of collective testimony. According to the first view, collective testimony inherits its epistemic credentials from the beliefs the testimony expresses-where this can be seen either as the beliefs of all or some of the group's members, or as the beliefs of group itself. The second view de…
Consultation, Consent, and the Silencing of Indigenous Communities
Over the past few decades, Indigenous communities have successfully campaigned for greater inclusion in decision‐making processes that directly affect their lands and livelihoods. As a result, two important participatory rights for Indigenous peoples have now been widely recognized: the right to consultation and the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Although these participatory rights are meant to empower the speech of these commu…
Group assertion and group silencing
Introduction to Special Issue on 'Group Speech Acts
Social Ontology
Is it Rational to Trust
It is common in popular depictions to portray the attitude of trusting and the norms associated with rationality as standing in some kind of tension. In this article, we suggest a way of capturing this tension, and explore some recent attempts at resolving it
Social Ontology
Is it Rational to Trust
It is common in popular depictions to portray the attitude of trusting and the norms associated with rationality as standing in some kind of tension. In this article, we suggest a way of capturing this tension, and explore some recent attempts at resolving it
The Epistemology of Collective Testimony
In this paper, I explore what gives collective testimony its epistemic credentials, through a critical discussion of three competing accounts of the epistemology of collective testimony. According to the first view, collective testimony inherits its epistemic credentials from the beliefs the testimony expresses-where this can be seen either as the beliefs of all or some of the group's members, or as the beliefs of group itself. The second view de…
Group assertion and group silencing
Introduction to Special Issue on 'Group Speech Acts
Is it Rational to Trust
It is common in popular depictions to portray the attitude of trusting and the norms associated with rationality as standing in some kind of tension. In this article, we suggest a way of capturing this tension, and explore some recent attempts at resolving it
Social Ontology
Consultation, Consent, and the Silencing of Indigenous Communities
Over the past few decades, Indigenous communities have successfully campaigned for greater inclusion in decision‐making processes that directly affect their lands and livelihoods. As a result, two important participatory rights for Indigenous peoples have now been widely recognized: the right to consultation and the right to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). Although these participatory rights are meant to empower the speech of these commu…
Group assertion and group silencing
Introduction to Special Issue on 'Group Speech Acts
Representation and Epistemic Violence
Sometimes an individual gets taken as speaking for a wider group without laying claim to any such authority – they are thrust unwillingly, and sometimes even unknowingly, into the role of that group’s representative. Especially for members of subordinated social groups in certain contexts, this can be hard to shake: despite their best efforts to disavow any authority to speak in the name of others, their voice might be taken as the voice of their…
Epistemic Injustice and Indigenous Peoples in the Inter-American Human Rights System
In this paper we examine the epistemic treatment of Indigenous peoples by the Inter-American Court and Commission on Human Rights, two institutions that have sought to affirm the rights of Indigenous peoples in the wake of colonialism and industrial encroachment onto Indigenous land. The Court and Commission have sought to do this in two ways. First, they have insisted on a right to consultation, according to which any Indigenous peoples who woul…
Discursive paternalism
According to an influential tradition in speech act theory, it takes more than linguistic mastery and normative entitlement to do things with words; one's words must also be given a suitable reception or social uptake. Working within this tradition, I identify and characterize the phenomenon of discursive paternalism . Discursive paternalism occurs when a party to a speaker's act takes control of the uptake the act receives, with the aim of curat…
The Epistemology of Collective Testimony
In this paper, I explore what gives collective testimony its epistemic credentials, through a critical discussion of three competing accounts of the epistemology of collective testimony. According to the first view, collective testimony inherits its epistemic credentials from the beliefs the testimony expresses-where this can be seen either as the beliefs of all or some of the group's members, or as the beliefs of group itself. The second view de…
The Philosophy of Fanaticism
"The essays in this volume explore some of the disconcerting realities of fanaticism, by analyzing its unique dynamics, and considering how it can be productively confronted. The book features both analytic and continental philosophical approaches to fanaticism. Working at the intersections of epistemology, philosophy of emotions, political philosophy, and philosophy of religion, the contributors address a range of questions related to this incre…
Philosophy of Fanaticism
The right to consultation is a right to be heard
In this chapter, we argue that approaches to consultation that purport to give affected Peoples a chance to speak without ensuring that what they say is heard, do not amount to consultation in any meaningful sense. We demonstrate this, making use of the theoretical framework of epistemic injustice, by outlining some of the many ways in which Peoples are not heard, facing instead practices of hermeneutical and testimonial injustice. As a result, t…
An empirical investigation of intuitions about uptake
Since Austin’s introduction of the locutionary-illocutionary-perlocutionary distinction, it has been a matter of debate within speech act theory whether illocutionary acts like promising, warning, refusing and telling require audience ‘uptake’ in order to be performed. Philosophers on different sides of this debate have tried to support their positions by appealing to hypothetical scenarios, designed to elicit intuitive judgements about the role …
Illocution by example
Indigenous Collective Rights to Consultation and Representative Speech
Indigenous participatory rights, as set out in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ( undrip ), are collective rights for Indigenous Peoples to have a say in decisions affecting them – something these communities are envisaged as doing “through their own representative institutions” (Article 19). However, the conditions of group representation are not clearly spelled out in the undrip or in commentaries on its provis…
Philosophy (12 obras) · Epistemology (11 obras) · Psychology (8 obras) · Sociology (8 obras) · Political science (7 obras) · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies (6 obras) · Law (6 obras) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (5 obras) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (5 obras) · Political Philosophy and Ethics (5 obras)