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(2018) Eva Picardi on language, analysis and history, Dordrecht, Springer.
In her analysis of pejoratives, Eva Picardi rejects a too sharp separation between descriptive and expressive content. Carlo Penco reconstructs some of her arguments, endorsing Eva's criticism of Williamson's analysis of Dummett and developing a suggestion by Manuel García-Carpintero on a speech act analysis of pejoratives. Eva's main concern is accounting for our instinctive refusal to endorse an assertion containing pejoratives because it suggests a picture of reality we do not share. Her stance might be further developed claiming that uses of pejoratives not only suggest, but also promote a wrong picture of reality. Our refusal to endorse implies rejecting not only a wrong picture of reality but also a call for participation to what that picture promotes.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95777-7_10
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Penco, C. (2018)., Refusing to endorse: a must explanation for pejoratives, in A. Coliva, P. Leonardi & S. Moruzzi (eds.), Eva Picardi on language, analysis and history, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 219-239.
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