Call For Papers: Linguistic Justice and Analytic Philosophy

Special issue of /Philosophical Papers/

*Guest Editors*: Filippo Contesi (Jean Nicod), Moti Mizrahi (Florida Tech) and Enrico Terrone (Turin)

Expected contributors include *Eric Schwitzgebel* (University of California, Riverside), *Hans-Johann Glock* (Zurich), *Elisabetta Galeotti* (Eastern Piedmont) and *Eric Schliesser* (Amsterdam)

The topics of linguistic discrimination and linguistic justice have received little attention from contemporary analytic philosophers despite the fact that there is a growing body of evidence in linguistics and social psychology about implicit negative biases towards speakers and writers perceived as non-native. In fact, issues of linguistic discrimination and justice are particularly urgent in analytic philosophy because English is undoubtedly the lingua franca
of contemporary analytic philosophy. For this reason, it is important to think about what it means to be a person for whom English is not a
first language and who tries to participate in the academic life of contemporary analytic philosophy.

The aim of this special issue of /Philosophical Papers/ is to consider the circumstances of being a non-native speaker and writer of English
in analytic philosophy. In addition to philosophical and meta-philosophical perspectives, we also encourage submissions from different approaches and disciplines, including psychology, linguistics and the social sciences.

Possible questions for discussion include (but are by no means limited to):

- Is there linguistic discrimination or injustice in analytic philosophy? If so, what should we do about it?

- Are the percentages of non-native-speaker faculty members of the most reputable analytic philosophy departments comparable to those in arts and humanities and STEM departments? What should any differences teach us?

- How can diversity of native languages and cultures be beneficial, if at all, to analytic philosophy?

- Are perceived linguistic fluency and eloquence important factors in philosophical writing and presenting? Should they be?

- Is it true, as is sometimes claimed, that publishing philosophical work in the most reputable venues in contemporary analytic philosophy only requires linguistic competence of a level that is reasonably easy for a non-native writer to achieve?

- Should English (or any other language) be the lingua franca of contemporary analytic philosophy?

- Should study and research in analytic philosophy be a global and cosmopolitan enterprise?

- What if any extra policies can or should professional journals or institutions adopt to address any specific difficulties faced by non-native speakers and writers?

- Are there any precedents in the history of intellectual communities, including contemporary ones and those in different philosophical traditions, that can provide a useful model of how to approach linguistic justice issues in analytic philosophy?

- How do linguistic justice issues intersect with issues of race, ethnicity or nationality (or other issues)? How important are such intersections (or lack thereof)?

The deadline for receipt of submissions is *1 October, 2017*. This issue of /Philosophical Papers/, comprising both invited and submitted articles, will appear in *March 2018*.

Authors should submit manuscripts electronically, as a PDF or MS Word document attachment, to the Managing Editor of /Philosophical Papers/
at Philosophical.Papers@ru.ac.za. Authors must include their full name, affiliation, and address for email correspondence with their submission.

Further inquiries may be addressed to Filippo Contesi (filippo.contesi@york.ac.uk) or Ward Jones (w.jones@ru.ac.za).

An up-to-date web version of this CFP is always available at: http://contesi.wordpress.com/cfp