Publications by Filippo Batisti
RIFL, 2024
Italy has recently witnessed a heated debate about the proposal of modifying certain aspects of l... more Italy has recently witnessed a heated debate about the proposal of modifying certain aspects of lexicon, morphology, and phonetics of the Italian language. These modifications were aimed at fostering «inclusion» of given subaltern social groups, namely women and, separately, queer or non-binary people. Many among both supporters and critics of these measures of linguistic inclusion mentioned linguistic relativity as a fundamental theoretical premise of the operation. In this paper I analyze how they did so. From the analysis of the most important mentions of linguistic relativity its general reception emerges as problematic, superficial or partial, whereas it has proven to be a rich and respectable multidisciplinary research field. Finally, I clarify several widespread misunderstandings about the genesis, scope and purpose of the study of linguistic relativity.
JoLMA, 2024
This paper will serve two functions. First, as a foreword to the other essays that compose this m... more This paper will serve two functions. First, as a foreword to the other essays that compose this monographic issue of the journal. It will also provide a critical discussion on two major issues that emerged in the general. The first consists in seeing the philosophical outcomes of new developments in science through the lens of the language that is used to describe them. The second pertains to the metascientific level of the disagreement, as this new evidence challenges the established understanding of scientific practice and its philosophical foundations. The case of plant cognition will be examined in some detail to illustrate both issues.
Philosophy Kitchen, 2023
In this essay, we will focus on the intersection between the history of a specific instance of me... more In this essay, we will focus on the intersection between the history of a specific instance of mental experiments in philosophical argumentation – i.e. the extraterrestrial – and, on the other hand, the defining characteristics of the mental experiment as an argumentative tool. We argue that the second aspect can shed light on the first one. Through the analysis of different cases in which aliens have been evoked in philosophical mental experiments, we will assess their strengths and weaknesses at the level of argumentation, but not solely on technical grounds. We will show that the opposite is true as well, namely, that the case of aliens is relevant to the metaphilosophical debate on mental experiments: our analysis of this particular content will corroborate criticism regarding how effective mental experiments in philosophy are in general. Since the character of the extraterrestrial is strongly dependent on contextual and cultural factors, it is more difficult to understand by readers of mental experiments. The latter are, in turn, most effective when the antecedent of the counterfactual is readily and firmly grasped by readers. Thus, this makes aliens not as much effective characters in such fictional situations as one could expect, given their extreme narrative plasticity.
Odradek, 2023
It is usually understood that some particular kinds of texts are ‘more difficult’, are ‘more diff... more It is usually understood that some particular kinds of texts are ‘more difficult’, are ‘more difficult’ to translate than others, if not virtually impossible, as to translate than others, as not every genre of writing poses the same kinds of challenges to the translator. Being this difference essentialized in many prominent authors, especially in the German modern and contemporary tradition, this paper argues that, by contrast, there is a fundamental common stratum of translating, and that, while differing in certain features, all to-be-translated texts are not different in essence with respect to the kind of problems and challenges they raise. In fact, phenomena such as indeterminacy and vagueness in language, that are usually characterized as pertaining to sophisticated texts, are actually already there in the most basic, everyday, non-literary uses of language. It is therefore argued in favor of a ‘banalized’ view of translating.
Senza Trampoli. Saggi filosofici per Luigi Perissinotto, 2023
Infine. Ritualità e corporeità al tempo delle catastrofi, 2023
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Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio , 2022
This paper examines how the idea that there are different languages is treated by approaches that... more This paper examines how the idea that there are different languages is treated by approaches that employ the notion of «languaging», focusing on Love and Cowley. It seems that within their critical reconsideration of the traditional view of what «language» is the importance of languages (i.e., linguistic diversity) is downplayed. Against this view, this paper argues that languages are indeed a relevant factor in shaping people's actions, perception, thinking, etc. Arguments in support of thesis can be found in the most recent studies in linguistic relativity. They are focused on the interactional and situated features of human linguistic activity, just like «languaging» is concerned with embodied coordinated interactivity. However, points of theorical divergence remain. Moreover, the ontological tenets in languaging seem to get in the way of a reconciliation.
Il Tascabile, 2021
L'articolo, che tratta della relatività linguistica come premessa per i discorsi sul linguaggio i... more L'articolo, che tratta della relatività linguistica come premessa per i discorsi sul linguaggio inclusivo (o di genere), è disponibile su Il Tascabile (Treccani) al seguente indirizzo: https://www.iltascabile.com/scienze/lingua-pensiero-realta/
The Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts, 2020
N.2 of JOLMA is now out!
"4E Cognition: Aesthetics, Ecology and Beyond"
Edited by Filippo Batisti... more N.2 of JOLMA is now out!
"4E Cognition: Aesthetics, Ecology and Beyond"
Edited by Filippo Batisti and Elena Valeri, available in OpenAccess at
http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2020/02
ToC:
"4E Cognition and the Spectrum of Aesthetic Experience"
Mia Burnett & Shaun Gallagher
"Enactivism and Normativity: The Case of Aesthetic Gestures"
Anna Boncompagni
"Raw Cognition: Rhythms as Dynamic Constraints"
Carlos Vara Sánchez
"Emoting the Situated Mind: A Taxonomy of Affective Material Scaffolds"
Giovanna Colombetti
"4E’s Are Too Many: Why Enactive World-Making Does Not Need The Extended Mind Thesis"
Alfonsina Scarinzi
The Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind, and the Arts (JOLMA), 2020
A short introduction to the issue of JOLMA I co-edited with E. Valeri, titled "4E Cognition: Aest... more A short introduction to the issue of JOLMA I co-edited with E. Valeri, titled "4E Cognition: Aesthetics, Ecology and Beyond", available in full Open Access at
http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2020/02
Paradigmi, 2019
This paper aims to shed light on the terminological and conceptual area around linguistic relativ... more This paper aims to shed light on the terminological and conceptual area around linguistic relativity (nowadays a mostly empirically conceived problem), namely the relations with relativism as a philosophical position. Throughout history and up to now there has been a degree of confusion in handling the terms 'linguistic relativity', 'linguistic relativism', 'linguistic determinism' and the like, all in a more or less conscious fashion. Here it is clarified that linguistic relativity, at least as construed by the recent Neo-Whorfian literature (but also in some important sense, from Whorf 's own point of view as well) is not, by definition, the same as linguistic determinism, but neither is a form or relativism. On the other hand, relativism, maintains the recent philosophical literature, is a family of theses that share a number of common features even though a single defining core is not easily identifiable. While linguistic relativity does have some connections with some of those features, to make it collapse into an easily dismissible kind of relativism is a crucial misconception of the nature and scopes of such an idea, i.e., that different languages have a different bearing on speakers' cognition and actions.
The pragmatist tradition in philosophy has left a sound legacy in many contemporary research fiel... more The pragmatist tradition in philosophy has left a sound legacy in many contemporary research fields. John Dewey’s continuist and emergentist approach to the nature-or-nurture problem in relation to the individual human mind has been regained lately in evolutionist psychology and related disciplines. For Dewey, language plays a fundamental role in creating and maintaining this continuity between the individual mind and the social and physical environment humans inhabit. The present article will focus on a few contemporary lines of research that identify language as the ‘glue’ that bonds each individual to one another and to society, with a decisive impact on the development of one’s own mind.
Studia Semiotyczne, 2017
SUMMARY: The history of so-called 'linguistic relativity' is an odd and multi-faceted one. After ... more SUMMARY: The history of so-called 'linguistic relativity' is an odd and multi-faceted one. After knowing alternate fortunes and being treated by different academic branches, today there are some new ways of investigating the language thought reality problem that (i) put into dialogue the latest trends in language related disciplines (ii) generate room for philosophical themes previously overlooked, (iii) reassess the very idea of linguistic relativity, despite its popularized versions which have circulated for decades and which have led an otherwise fruitful debate to extremes. It is argued that a multidisciplinary approach is desirable in order to broaden future research. In the last few years the opportunity to study this matter following a common trend in several disciplines has been created. Language, and cognition too, are now conceived as intrinsically social phenomena. It is argued that relativistic effects should be investigated in social realms, and that analytic philosophy could help with this task.
MA Thesis Chapters by Filippo Batisti
MA Papers by Filippo Batisti
(Grad Student paper)
La perlocuzione austiniana può dialogare con la Rhetorica? Partendo dal test... more (Grad Student paper)
La perlocuzione austiniana può dialogare con la Rhetorica? Partendo dal testo aristotelico, si analizza la possibilità di rintracciare delle regolarità nella retorica, a confronto con l'impossibilità di avere convenzionalità (e quindi prevedibilità) nella perlocuzione austiniana. Una sintesi è offerta dalla nozione di "campo perlocutorio" (perlocutionary field), come introdotta da Mason e Munro.
(Grad Student Paper) L'attacco di H. Marcuse ne "L'uomo a una dimensione" alla filosofia analitic... more (Grad Student Paper) L'attacco di H. Marcuse ne "L'uomo a una dimensione" alla filosofia analitica del linguaggio ordinario apparentemente sembra grossolana e che additi gli aspetti più esteriori del lavoro di filosofi come J. L. Austin e L. Wittgenstein: lo scopo di Marcuse più che strettamente filosofico voleva essere "didattico" ?
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"4E Cognition: Aesthetics, Ecology and Beyond"
Edited by Filippo Batisti and Elena Valeri, available in OpenAccess at
http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2020/02
ToC:
"4E Cognition and the Spectrum of Aesthetic Experience"
Mia Burnett & Shaun Gallagher
"Enactivism and Normativity: The Case of Aesthetic Gestures"
Anna Boncompagni
"Raw Cognition: Rhythms as Dynamic Constraints"
Carlos Vara Sánchez
"Emoting the Situated Mind: A Taxonomy of Affective Material Scaffolds"
Giovanna Colombetti
"4E’s Are Too Many: Why Enactive World-Making Does Not Need The Extended Mind Thesis"
Alfonsina Scarinzi
http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2020/02
MA Thesis Chapters by Filippo Batisti
MA Papers by Filippo Batisti
La perlocuzione austiniana può dialogare con la Rhetorica? Partendo dal testo aristotelico, si analizza la possibilità di rintracciare delle regolarità nella retorica, a confronto con l'impossibilità di avere convenzionalità (e quindi prevedibilità) nella perlocuzione austiniana. Una sintesi è offerta dalla nozione di "campo perlocutorio" (perlocutionary field), come introdotta da Mason e Munro.
ISBN: 978-88-7723-184-0
A questo link la continuazione:
https://istmo.xyz/issue/l-intraducibile/parole-che-non-servono/
"4E Cognition: Aesthetics, Ecology and Beyond"
Edited by Filippo Batisti and Elena Valeri, available in OpenAccess at
http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2020/02
ToC:
"4E Cognition and the Spectrum of Aesthetic Experience"
Mia Burnett & Shaun Gallagher
"Enactivism and Normativity: The Case of Aesthetic Gestures"
Anna Boncompagni
"Raw Cognition: Rhythms as Dynamic Constraints"
Carlos Vara Sánchez
"Emoting the Situated Mind: A Taxonomy of Affective Material Scaffolds"
Giovanna Colombetti
"4E’s Are Too Many: Why Enactive World-Making Does Not Need The Extended Mind Thesis"
Alfonsina Scarinzi
http://doi.org/10.30687/Jolma/2723-9640/2020/02
La perlocuzione austiniana può dialogare con la Rhetorica? Partendo dal testo aristotelico, si analizza la possibilità di rintracciare delle regolarità nella retorica, a confronto con l'impossibilità di avere convenzionalità (e quindi prevedibilità) nella perlocuzione austiniana. Una sintesi è offerta dalla nozione di "campo perlocutorio" (perlocutionary field), come introdotta da Mason e Munro.
Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Biral
Filomena Diodato (Roma La Sapienza)
"Tipi di relativismo: dai neo-humboldtiani alla semantica strutturale"
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Venerdì 23 novembre 2018, ore 15.00-17.00
Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Biral
Anna Maria Borghi (Roma La Sapienza – CNR)
"Concetti astratti e lingue"
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Venerdì 1 marzo 2019, ore 15.00-17.00
Palazzo Malcanton Marcorà, Aula Valent
Margherita De Luca (Roma La Sapienza)
Filippo Batisti (Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
"Nuove frontiere della relatività linguistica"
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Luigi Perissinotto (Ca’ Foscari Venezia)