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"Change the concepts, and you can change the inferences, and in turn you can change the social, legal, and even scientific practices."

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philosopher1923.bsky.social The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · Dec 7
Sunday read:
"Philosophy as Conceptual Engineering"

Amie L. Thomasson proposes that philosophy can focus on conceptual engineering: improving, refining, and constructing concepts to better serve social, legal, and scientific purposes.

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"Philosophy as Conceptual Engineering " by Amie L. Thomasson (Keywords: Metaphysics; Metaphilosophy)
"Change the concepts, and you can change the inferences, and in turn you can change the social, legal, and even scientific practices."
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December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
elisafreschi.bsky.social
Interesting to think about in connection with (pseudo?) sentences like "Colourless green ideas sleep furiously", whose meaning can hardly he exported…
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November 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
philosophypills.bsky.social
Kripke's Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language at 40

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November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
anthempress.bsky.social
Now in paperback! A comprehensive interpretation of Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. Get your copy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/5w4z6ajb #Wittgenstein #LudwigWittgenstein #Philosophy #UniversityOfYork #AnalyticPhilosophy #PhilosophyOfLanguage #PhilosophyOfMind #Epistemology #AnthemPress
July 22, 2026 at 10:03 AM
cogist.bsky.social
"Willard Van Orman Quine was a philosopher who fundamentally transformed 20th-century analytic philosophy and had a lasting impact on cognitive science."

Don't forget to read the full post!

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May 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
anthempress.bsky.social
Out now! A philosophical exploration of Saul Kripke’s interpretation of the later Wittgenstein and the extensive debate it has generated since the 1980s. Order here ➡️ tinyurl.com/yjhby6fw #IPM #Wittgenstein #SaulKripke #PhilosophyOfLanguage #PhilosophyOfMind #AnalyticPhilosophy #AnthemPress
May 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
elisafreschi.bsky.social
Interesting thread (if you count the questions and replies) on imperatives and on whether a single theory covering all cases is at all possible.
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mattweiner19.bsky.social Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · May 16
seeing another abstract about how imperatives (roughly) are about getting people to commit to a plan and, not to pick on any individual, but I'm cranky! the new conventional wisdom is overtheorized! when I say "please pass the salt" I don't want commitment to a plan to pass the salt!
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May 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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New in paperback! Develops, in a critical spirit, themes in Wittgenstein’s treatment of mind and language. Click here ➡️ tinyurl.com/46ffx697 #AnthemPress #Wittgenstein #PhilosophyOfMind #PhilosophyOfLanguage #ContinentalPhilosophy #AnalyticPhilosophy #EthicsAndLanguage #MindAndLanguage #uwstd
June 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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Forthcoming! A philosophical exploration of Saul Kripke’s interpretation of the later Wittgenstein and the extensive debate it has generated since the 1980s. Preorder here ➡️ tinyurl.com/yjhby6fw #IPM #Wittgenstein #SaulKripke #PhilosophyOfLanguage #PhilosophyOfMind #AnalyticPhilosophy #AnthemPress
April 23, 2026 at 6:54 PM
glophi.bsky.social
Philosophizing in African Languages: Past, Present, Future
Lecture by Anke Graness

July 17, 2025, 2:15 pm (CEST)
Cultural Campus, Aula & Live Stream

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Philosophizing in African Languages: Past, Present, Future (Anke Graness) – GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World
The African continent was often denied recognition as the home of philosophical schools, traditions or concepts – in part because African languages were considered too underdeveloped to form abstract ...
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July 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
robb.doering.ai
The line ever blurs between shitposts and philosophy…

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November 23, 2024 at 4:37 AM
a-d-62.bsky.social
14th in my series of Language & Philosophy.
How metaphor & figurative language shape thought, creativity, communication. A look at the interplay between linguistics and philosophy. Read more: [Insert link] #Linguistics #Metaphor #PhilosophyOfLanguage
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January 15, 2025 at 7:24 AM
elisafreschi.bsky.social
Kumārila comes to this conclusion through the fact that "[she] cooks" can be paraphrased as "[she] does the cooking", where "cooking" corresponds to the verbal root and "does" corresponds to the verbal ending.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
sunypress.bsky.social
How do texts speak with authority? THE LILY’S TONGUE offers a bold new answer through a nuanced reading of #Kierkegaard’s four Lily Discourses, texts in which lilies are not merely metaphors but authoritative speakers.

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November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
cmalcolmkeating.bsky.social
Busy week: copyediting and style guide creation for an academic journal, copyediting for the APA Blog, and reviewing proofs and compiling an index for my own book.

Maybe I'll find time to post about #academicediting and #philosophyoflanguage. More likely, my free time will be on move logistics.
June 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
giorgiolando.bsky.social
By the way, an #introduction: I teach philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology in a small Italian university (in L'Aquila). I'll post about philosophy, academic life and chores, and occasionally politics, and the marvellous places around me.
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November 17, 2024 at 9:56 PM
elisafreschi.bsky.social
#AlessandroGraheli now doubling down: There is no case of language which is not metaphorical.
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February 1, 2024 at 9:20 PM
porterbookshop.bsky.social
Turns out it is big and clever

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December 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
anthempress.bsky.social
Available now! Offers a comprehensive interpretation of ‘Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus’, examining its analysis of language and logic. Buy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/ycybk3s2 #Wittgenstein #LudwigWittgenstein #Tractatus #Philosophy #AnalyticPhilosophy #PhilosophyOfLanguage #AnthemPress
August 24, 2026 at 6:01 AM
naomibaes.bsky.social
Really enjoyed Professor Robyn Carston’s talk on word meaning, pragmatic modulation, and polysemy today - hosted by the University of Melbourne linguistics group and organised by the philosophy department.

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April 24, 2026 at 8:44 AM
philfacts.bsky.social
Did you know the "linguistic turn" reshaped 20th-century philosophy by making language the central focus? Sparked by Wittgenstein & Carnap, it challenged metaphysics and still shapes AI ethics debates today. (Q1513072) #PhilosophyOfLanguage #WittgensteinLegacy
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
a-d-62.bsky.social
How do words connect to the world around us?
in this 11th article on Language & Philosophy I explore how language bridges thought and reality.
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January 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
philfacts.bsky.social
Did you know the concept of 'game' transcends mere play? Philosophers like Wittgenstein explored it as a lens for understanding language and rules, reshaping debates on meaning and communication. (Q17631654) #LanguageGames #PhilosophyOfLanguage
January 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
microglyphics.bsky.social
In anticipation of the publication of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis in January 2026, I have created a Language Insufficiency GPT. 🤖 philosophics.blog/2025/12/15/m...
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Meet the Language Insufficiency GPT
Language is widely assumed to be stable: words mean what we think they mean. This GPT is built to show where that assumption quietly collapses—especially for concepts like truth, free speech, IQ, a…
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December 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM