Kolejny odczyt w ramach seminarium Znak-Język-Rzeczywistość/The SLR Seminar Meeting: Against the Asymmetry Thesis of Intentionalism
Kolejny odczyt seminarium ZJR odbędzie się:
Piątek, 14 czerwca 2024, 17.00
Chang Liu
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
wygłosi odczyt (oaprty na wspólnej pracy z Emanuelem Viebahnem):
Against the Asymmetry Thesis of Intentionalism
Abstrakt:
Abstract: Contrary to conventionalism, intentionalism takes (most) illocutionary
acts (e.g., apologizing) to be determined by the intentions of speakers (e.g.,
intending the audience to believe that he is welcomed…), instead of conventions
(e.g., „sorry” is the conventional device for greeting). However, what is the
proportion of illocutionary acts determined by intentions to those determined by
conventions? Intentionalism often subscribes to what I call „the asymmetry
thesis”: most illocutionary acts are performed by expressing intentions, and
only a few exceptions like knighting and excommunicating are determined by
conventions. I will raise two arguments against the asymmetry thesis. First,
speakers in certain settings can be coerced to perform most illocutionary acts,
even though they do not intend the audience to form corresponding beliefs.
Second, most illocutionary acts can be performed in an anonymous setting that
removes all contextual information of the speaker’s intentions. Therefore,
conventional illocutionary acts have a much larger proportion; for almost all
illocutionary acts, if they can be performed by intentions, they can also be
performed by conventions. Finally, I will show that intentionalists embrace the
asymmetry thesis because they have only considered „explicit conventions.” The
asymmetry thesis fails because most illocutionary acts can be determined by
„implicit conventions.”
Seminarium odbywa się online. Prosimy o skorzystanie z linków:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98775052581…
Meeting ID: 987 7505 2581
Passcode: 076657
Strona seminarium:
http://pts.edu.pl/seminarium-2023-2024-seminar-2023-2024…
Odczyt rozpoczniemy o godzinie 17.00.
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The next meeting of the Sign-Language-Reality seminar in the academic year 2023/24 will take place:
Friday, the 14th of June 2024, 17.00, Central European Time
(4 PM, London time; 11.00 AM, New York Time; 8.30 PM, New Delhi Time)
Chang Liu
(Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
will deliver a talk (joint work with Emanuel Viebahn):
Against the Asymmetry Thesis of Intentionalism
Abstract: Contrary to conventionalism, intentionalism takes (most) illocutionary
acts (e.g., apologizing) to be determined by the intentions of speakers (e.g.,
intending the audience to believe that he is welcomed…), instead of conventions
(e.g., „sorry” is the conventional device for greeting). However, what is the
proportion of illocutionary acts determined by intentions to those determined by
conventions? Intentionalism often subscribes to what I call „the asymmetry
thesis”: most illocutionary acts are performed by expressing intentions, and
only a few exceptions like knighting and excommunicating are determined by
conventions. I will raise two arguments against the asymmetry thesis. First,
speakers in certain settings can be coerced to perform most illocutionary acts,
even though they do not intend the audience to form corresponding beliefs.
Second, most illocutionary acts can be performed in an anonymous setting that
removes all contextual information of the speaker’s intentions. Therefore,
conventional illocutionary acts have a much larger proportion; for almost all
illocutionary acts, if they can be performed by intentions, they can also be
performed by conventions. Finally, I will show that intentionalists embrace the
asymmetry thesis because they have only considered „explicit conventions.” The
asymmetry thesis fails because most illocutionary acts can be determined by
„implicit conventions.”
The seminar will be held online, to join the meeting, please use the information below:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://uw-edu-pl.zoom.us/j/98775052581...
Meeting ID: 987 7505 2581
Passcode: 076657
Seminar website (with a tentative list of meetings):
http://pts.edu.pl/seminarium-2023-2024-seminar-2023-2024.html
The meeting will begin at 4:45 pm, the talk will start at 5 pm.