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Can humans and artificial intelligences share concepts and
communicate? Making AI Intelligible shows that philosophical work
on the metaphysics of meaning can help answer these questions.
Herman Cappelen and Josh Dever use the externalist tradition in
philosophy to create models of how AIs and humans can understand
each other. In doing so, they illustrate ways in which that
philosophical tradition can be improved. The questions addressed in
the book are not only theoretically interesting, but the answers
have pressing practical implications. Many important decisions
about human life are now influenced by AI. In giving that power to
AI, we presuppose that AIs can track features of the world that we
care about (for example, creditworthiness, recidivism, cancer, and
combatants). If AIs can share our concepts, that will go some way
towards justifying this reliance on AI. This ground-breaking study
offers insight into how to take some first steps towards achieving
Interpretable AI.
When theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are
cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on. This, of course, isn't
remotely true of a lot of real-world language use. Bad Language is
the first textbook to explore non-idealized language use, the
linguistic behaviour of those who exploit language for malign
purposes. Two eminent philosophers of language present a lively and
accessible introduction to a wide range of topics including lies
and bullshit, slurs and insults, coercion and silencing: Cappelen
and Dever offer theoretical frameworks for thinking about these all
too common linguistic behaviours. As the text does not assume prior
training in philosophy or linguistics, it is ideal for use as part
of a philosophy of language course for philosophy students or for
linguistics students. Bad Language belongs to the series
Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language, in which each
book introduces an important area of the philosophy of language,
suitable for students at any level.
It is a fundamental feature of language that words refer to things.
Much attention has been devoted to the nature of reference, both in
philosophy and in linguistics. Puzzles of Reference is the first
book to give a comprehensive accessible survey of the fascinating
work on this topic from the 1970s to the present day. Written by
two eminent philosophers of language, Puzzles of Reference offers
an up-to-date introduction to reference in philosophy and
linguistics, summarizing ideas such as Kripke's revolutionary
theory and presenting the various challenges in a clear and
accessible manner. As the text does not assume prior training in
philosophy or linguistics, it is ideal for use as part of a
philosophy of language course for philosophy students or for
linguistics students. Puzzles of Reference belongs to the series
Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language, in which each
book provides an introduction to an important area of the
philosophy of language, suitable for students at any level.
When theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are
cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on. This, of course, isn't
remotely true of a lot of real-world language use. Bad Language is
the first textbook to explore non-idealized language use, the
linguistic behaviour of those who exploit language for malign
purposes. Two eminent philosophers of language present a lively and
accessible introduction to a wide range of topics including lies
and bullshit, slurs and insults, coercion and silencing: Cappelen
and Dever offer theoretical frameworks for thinking about these all
too common linguistic behaviours. As the text does not assume prior
training in philosophy or linguistics, it is ideal for use as part
of a philosophy of language course for philosophy students or for
linguistics students. Bad Language belongs to the series
Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language, in which each
book introduces an important area of the philosophy of language,
suitable for students at any level.
It is a fundamental feature of language that words refer to things.
Much attention has been devoted to the nature of reference, both in
philosophy and in linguistics. Puzzles of Reference is the first
book to give a comprehensive accessible survey of the fascinating
work on this topic from the 1970s to the present day. Written by
two eminent philosophers of language, Puzzles of Reference offers
an up-to-date introduction to reference in philosophy and
linguistics, summarizing ideas such as Kripke's revolutionary
theory and presenting the various challenges in a clear and
accessible manner. As the text does not assume prior training in
philosophy or linguistics, it is ideal for use as part of a
philosophy of language course for philosophy students or for
linguistics students. Puzzles of Reference belongs to the series
Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy of Language, in which each
book provides an introduction to an important area of the
philosophy of language, suitable for students at any level.
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