“Nobel Peace Prize” as a tangible object (concrete) vs. an institutional designation (abstract): good moment for teaching the ubiquitous linguistic phenomenon of polysemy
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 PM
“Nobel Peace Prize” as a tangible object (concrete) vs. an institutional designation (abstract): good moment for teaching the ubiquitous linguistic phenomenon of polysemy
something something polysemy linguistic prescriptivism
September 24, 2026 at 10:20 PM
something something polysemy linguistic prescriptivism
My new article 'Polysemy and Philosophy' is out in Philosophy Compass. It explores the signicance of polysemy in four strands of discussion in philosophy dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
Polysemy and Philosophy
Polysemy is the linguistic phenomenon where a word has more than one sense. Polysemy is important to philosophy. This article considers four related strands of discussion in philosophy in which polys....
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May 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My new article 'Polysemy and Philosophy' is out in Philosophy Compass. It explores the signicance of polysemy in four strands of discussion in philosophy dx.doi.org/10.1111/phc3...
I'm into all the forms of poly ... polymorphous, polyamorous, polycarbonate, polymers, polysemy, polygons, polytheism, polyglots, polymaths, the movie Pollyanna ... what's your fave?
November 16, 2024 at 11:54 PM
I'm into all the forms of poly ... polymorphous, polyamorous, polycarbonate, polymers, polysemy, polygons, polytheism, polyglots, polymaths, the movie Pollyanna ... what's your fave?
Today's post goes back to the issue of #polysemy or multiple meanings in #AI discourse and calls for more critical polysemy awareness as part of AI #literacy makingsciencepublic.com/2026/05/29/a...
AI literacy and the case for polysemy awareness
I have recently written two posts on the issue of multiple meanings, polysemy and ambiguity, in AI discourse. When chatting with various people interested in AI metaphors, which has so far been my …
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May 29, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Today's post goes back to the issue of #polysemy or multiple meanings in #AI discourse and calls for more critical polysemy awareness as part of AI #literacy makingsciencepublic.com/2026/05/29/a...
AI discourse reminder
Polysemy - Wikipedia
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July 18, 2026 at 1:40 AM
AI discourse reminder
Super honoured that my project proposal "Paths to Polysemy: Integrating Approaches to the Role of Polysemy in the Evolutionary Dynamics of Language" has been selected for funding by the Polish National Science Center (NCN) in the #OPUS27 grant competition
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December 5, 2024 at 8:14 AM
Super honoured that my project proposal "Paths to Polysemy: Integrating Approaches to the Role of Polysemy in the Evolutionary Dynamics of Language" has been selected for funding by the Polish National Science Center (NCN) in the #OPUS27 grant competition
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Puppet Theater. #stilllife #narrativeart #doll #bound #religion #puppet #contemporaryphotography #fineartphotography #symbolism #polysemy #art #storytelling
May 5, 2026 at 1:52 PM
polysemy.... is funny
November 13, 2024 at 4:09 PM
polysemy.... is funny
Polysemy is a helluva drug
way funnier than the conservatives who hated Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show are the conservatives who thought he was doing the ultimate patriotic ode to America
February 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Polysemy is a helluva drug
This is all this dumb argument boils down to, but trans-inclusive biologists are a lot better at acknowledging the fact that there even is polysemy than the other side, imo.
July 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This is all this dumb argument boils down to, but trans-inclusive biologists are a lot better at acknowledging the fact that there even is polysemy than the other side, imo.
The polysemy of "sexy fantasy" and "genre fantasy" is incredibly annoying when you're searching for stock photos 😭
May 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The polysemy of "sexy fantasy" and "genre fantasy" is incredibly annoying when you're searching for stock photos 😭
Excited to share a new paper accepted to @cogscisociety.bsky.social 2025 on the cognitive representation polysemy and their use in reasoning!
Pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Thread below! (🧵1/9)
Pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Thread below! (🧵1/9)
OSF
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April 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Excited to share a new paper accepted to @cogscisociety.bsky.social 2025 on the cognitive representation polysemy and their use in reasoning!
Pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Thread below! (🧵1/9)
Pre-print here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...
Thread below! (🧵1/9)
If you’re looking for the theory behind Severence, look no more. My paper “The Polysemy of ‘I’”, in press at M&L, is your friend. #severence 🤖🧠👩🔬🧪
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February 2, 2025 at 9:33 PM
If you’re looking for the theory behind Severence, look no more. My paper “The Polysemy of ‘I’”, in press at M&L, is your friend. #severence 🤖🧠👩🔬🧪
philpapers.org/archive/SCHT...
philpapers.org/archive/SCHT...
(This joke is brought to you by the polysemy of the Hebrew ירא, which can refer both to ‘fear’ and ‘awe’ or ‘reverence’.)
January 4, 2026 at 4:43 PM
(This joke is brought to you by the polysemy of the Hebrew ירא, which can refer both to ‘fear’ and ‘awe’ or ‘reverence’.)
i have earnestly found that thinking more seriously about polysemy has had widespread and foundational consequences for how i think about philosophical methodology lol
July 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
i have earnestly found that thinking more seriously about polysemy has had widespread and foundational consequences for how i think about philosophical methodology lol
girl who revels in the polysemy
June 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
girl who revels in the polysemy
物語の中で有効にpolysemyを使えると楽しい。
August 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
物語の中で有効にpolysemyを使えると楽しい。
👍⬇️ Polysemy is a real roadblock to dialogue, and while I am no ambassador, technical meanings are distinct from their commonly understood meanings. But that slippage goes both ways, and is precisely why we should avoid terms like "reasoning," "intelligence," "creativity" in the first place
Today's post goes back to the issue of #polysemy or multiple meanings in #AI discourse and calls for more critical polysemy awareness as part of AI #literacy makingsciencepublic.com/2026/05/29/a...
AI literacy and the case for polysemy awareness
I have recently written two posts on the issue of multiple meanings, polysemy and ambiguity, in AI discourse. When chatting with various people interested in AI metaphors, which has so far been my …
makingsciencepublic.com
May 29, 2026 at 10:15 AM
👍⬇️ Polysemy is a real roadblock to dialogue, and while I am no ambassador, technical meanings are distinct from their commonly understood meanings. But that slippage goes both ways, and is precisely why we should avoid terms like "reasoning," "intelligence," "creativity" in the first place
feels to me like polysemy is only part of the story, the difference between Caruso singing and birds singing is very different from the difference between the crest of a wave and a heraldic crest
...did I just say that polysemy is polysemous?
...did I just say that polysemy is polysemous?
August 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM
feels to me like polysemy is only part of the story, the difference between Caruso singing and birds singing is very different from the difference between the crest of a wave and a heraldic crest
...did I just say that polysemy is polysemous?
...did I just say that polysemy is polysemous?
Polysemy 101
ProPublica looked into science grants that Ted Cruz's team flagged as "radical" and "neo-Marxist" and, uh.
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
This would be good comedy if it didn't matter so much www.propublica.org/article/ted-...
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Polysemy 101
Day 6: Mine #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Working in the Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey
(Polysemy ftw!)
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Working in the Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey
(Polysemy ftw!)
youtu.be/H7ND17Zf68s?...
Working in the Coal Mine
YouTube video by Lee Dorsey - Topic
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November 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Day 6: Mine #LyricsPrompt #LyricsPrompt2025
Working in the Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey
(Polysemy ftw!)
youtu.be/H7ND17Zf68s?...
Working in the Coal Mine | Lee Dorsey
(Polysemy ftw!)
youtu.be/H7ND17Zf68s?...