Jodi Newman has written an extremely careful and generous review of my recent book (2024), for which I am very grateful. Toward the end, she points to a series of topics that she found herself wishing I had directed more attention to, noting my stated intention to do so in other works. These topics include the use of dogwhistles and figleaves for misogyny and transphobia, and the use of dogwhistles by people other than the far-right. … [please read below the rest of the article].| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
SERRC: Volume 14, Issue 3, 1–71, March 2025| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
Jennifer Mather Saul’s Dogwhistles & Figleaves: How Manipulative Language Spreads Racism and Falsehood (2024) is an important contribution to the domains of philosophy of language, social epistemology and political philosophy. As the title indicates, Saul’s primary focus is on the nature and rhetorical effects of two linguistic devices: (1) dogwhistles and (2) figleaves. These specific linguistic techniques are often employed by political leaders to manipulate a target audience and influe...| Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective
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