Talking Wolves

Biletzki, Anat

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“…1.For versions of the reductionist interpretation of Hobbes on the meaning of evaluative terms (also known as ‘the subjectivist interpretation’), see Gauthier (1969, 7), Hampton (1986, 29), Biletzki (1997, 84–86), and Martinich (2005, 57–58; but see also 41, which hints at the error theorist interpretation). For versions of the error theorist interpretation (also known as ‘the projectivist interpretation’), see Darwall (2000) and Tuck (1996, 181, 1989, 52–55, 1998, xxii). Compare also Mackie (1977, 43). Other discussions of Hobbes on the meaning of evaluative terms include Boonin-Vail (1994, 59–61), Sorell (1986, 29–30, 34), and Pettit (2008, 51–53, 85–89), each of which is framed in sufficiently neutral language to be consistent with either the reductionist or the error theorist interpretation, or indeed with my own prescriptivist reading.…”

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Hobbes on the function of evaluative speech

Holden

2016

Can. J. of Philosophy

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Hobbes’s interpreters have struggled to find a plausible semantics for evaluative language in his writings. I argue that this search is misguided. Hobbes offers neither an account of the reference of evaluative terms nor a theory of the truth-conditions for evaluative statements. Rather, he sees evaluative language simply as having the non-representational function of prescribing actions and practical attitudes, its superficially representational appearance notwithstanding. I marshal the evidence for this prescriptivist reading of Hobbes on evaluative language and show how it sidesteps various textual and philosophical problems that bedevil the traditional interpretations.

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“…For versions of the reductionist interpretation of Hobbes on the meaning of evaluative terms (also known as ‘the subjectivist interpretation’), see Gauthier (1969, 7), Hampton (1986, 29), Biletzki (1997, 84–86), and Martinich (2005, 57–58; but see also 41, which hints at the error theorist interpretation).…”

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Hobbes on the function of evaluative speech

Holden

2016

Can. J. of Philosophy

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“A Most Useful Economy”

McIntyre¹

2021

A Companion to Hobbes

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Discursive illusions in the American National Strategy for Combating Terrorism

Bhatia¹

2008

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Social realities are often negotiated and determined by elite groups of society, including political and religious leaders, the mass media, and even professional experts, who give meaning to complex, multifaceted constructs such as terrorism consistent with their individual socio-political agendas. The Bush Administration's National Strategy for Combating Terrorism (NSCT) (2003) defines what we the public and media understand by the term terrorism; who are terrorists; what constitutes terrorism; how we can fight terrorism, etc. In order to convince audiences that the version of reality that the NSCT is representing is the objective truth, particular themes such as the construction of religion, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), orientalism, and attack vs. self-defence, typically realised through the use of rhetorical resources such as category work, appeals to historicity, negative other-presentation, and the use of metaphor, are utilised. Metaphors are used to construct new and alternate realities. They allow a subjective conceptualisation of reality to appear more convincing through the invocation of emotions and ideologies. Drawing on a detailed analysis of NSCT, the paper investigates how metaphors are combined with other features of language and rhetoric to achieve the themes mentioned above enabling the discourse of illusion to take effect.

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Talking Wolves

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Hobbes on the function of evaluative speech

Hobbes on the function of evaluative speech

“A Most Useful Economy”

Discursive illusions in the American National Strategy for Combating Terrorism

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