2023/09/15 by Filippo Contesi · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Historical Linguistics and Language Studies #Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies #Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/meta.12650
openalex publication_date 2023/09/15 · openalex created_date 2023/09/16 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Abstract Philosophy is beginning to pay problems of linguistic justice the attention they deserve in today's heavily interconnected and migrant world. Contemporary philosophy itself, however, has a particular problem of linguistic justice that deserves metaphilosophical attention. At least in the philosophical tradition that is mainstream in much of the world today, viz., analytic philosophy, methodological and sociological mechanisms make it the case that the voices of non‐(native) Anglophone philosophers are substantially less heard. Among the mechanisms responsible for this situation, argues this paper, is the emphasis given by influential philosophical institutions to linguistic style and appearances as signs of clarity, precision, and rigour in the treatment of philosophical problems. Such an emphasis is not justifiable, in part because it deprives philosophy of a wider variety of perspectives. The paper concludes by presenting and motivating a recent initiative that aims to foster greater linguistic and cultural diversity within the profession.