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The awful English language

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2018
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Glock, H. J. (2018). The awful English language. Philosophical Papers, 47(1), 123–154. https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2018.1429737

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The ever-increasing dominance of English within analytic philosophy is an aspect of linguistic globalisation. To assess it, I first address fundamental issues in the philosophy of language. Steering a middle course between linguistic universalism and linguistic relativism, I deny that some languages might be philosophically superior to others, notably by capturing the essential categories of reality. On this background I next consider both the pros and cons of the Anglicisation of (analytic) philosophy. I shall defend the value of Eng

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47

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123

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English

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Glock, H. J. (2018). The awful English language. Philosophical Papers, 47(1), 123–154. https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2018.1429737

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