[SydPhil] UNSW Philosophy Seminar - The Imagistic Harm of Language - October 29

Thu Oct 24 09:37:59 AEDT 2024

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The Imagistic Harm of Language

UNSW Philosophy and the School of Humanities and Languages invite you to a seminar by Michelle Liu, Lecturer in Philosophy, Monash University.

Language can transmit harmful representations. It is usually thought that pernicious language about social groups transmits prejudiced beliefs and associations about those groups. Focusing on generics and metaphors, this paper explores a distinct but related type of harmful representation transmitted by language, namely, harmful mental imagery. While it is unsurprising that pernicious language begets harmful mental imagery, the nature and scale of this imagistic harm are underappreciated. Empirical literature on language processing suggests that mental imagery is a pervasive feature of language processing. Furthermore, mental imagery plays an important role in shaping our memories and judgements. The paper argues for the importance of mental imagery in theorising about harmful language and suggests ways in which the imagistic harm may be combatted.

A light lunch will be provided.

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Michelle Liu
Michelle Liu is a lecturer in philosophy. She joined Monash University in July 2023. Michelle completed her DPhil in philosophy at Oxford in 2019, followed by a two-year lectureship at the University of Hertfordshire and a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship. Michelle works on various topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics. Her DPhil thesis was on the nature of consciousness. Much of her recent work is on polysemy and the role of mental imagery in language comprehension.

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29 October 2024

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12:30 pm - 2:00pm

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UNSW Kensington

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Morven Brown, L2 Room 209

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