Professor Emma Borg
Responsibilities
I teach mainly on Reason & Argument (part 1), Philosophy of Mind (part 2), Philosophy of Language (part 3).
Areas of Interest
My interests lie mainly in Philosophy of Language (particularly the semantics/pragmatics divide) and Philosophy of Mind and Cognitive Science (particularly issues of concepts and social cognition). I am happy to supervise PhD students in any of these areas.
Research groups / Centres
Please see my personal page for more information.
Publications
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Number of items: 28.
2019
- Borg, E., Harrison, R., Stazicker, J. and Salomons, T. (2019) Is the folk concept of pain polyeidic? Mind and Language. ISSN 1468-0017 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12227
- Grindrod, J. and Borg, E. (2019) Questions under discussion and the semantics/pragmatics divide. Philosophical Quarterly. ISSN 1467-9213 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqy058
- Borg, E. and Hooker, B. (2019) Epistemic virtues vs. ethical values in the financial services sector. Journal of Business Ethics, 155 (1). pp. 17-27. ISSN 1573-0697 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3547-x
2018
- Borg, E. (2018) Millikan, meaning and minimalism. Theoria, 84 (3). pp. 242-258. ISSN 1755-2567 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/theo.12164
- Borg, E. (2018) On deflationary accounts of human action understanding. Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 9 (3). pp. 503-522. ISSN 1878-5158 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-018-0386-3
2017
- Borg, E. (2017) Explanatory roles for minimal content. Nous. ISSN 1468-0068 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12217
- Borg, E. (2017) Local vs. global pragmatics. Inquiry, 60 (5). pp. 509-516. ISSN 1502-3923 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2016.1246862
- Borg, E. (2017) Mirroring, mindreading and smart behaviour-reading. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 24 (5-6). pp. 24-49. ISSN 1355-8250
2016
- Borg, E. (2016) Applied philosophy of language. In: Coady, D., Brownlee, K. and Lippert-Ramussen, K. (eds.) A Companion to Applied Philosophy. Wiley, pp. 180-195.
- Borg, E. (2016) Finding meaning. The Linguist, 55 (3). pp. 22-24. (The Linguist)
2015
- Borg, E. (2015) Exploding explicatures. Mind and Language, 31 (3). pp. 335-355. ISSN 1468-0017 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/mila.12109
2014
- Borg, E. (2014) From ape empathy to human morality? Analysis, 74 (4). pp. 577-587. ISSN 1467-8284 doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anu080
2013
- Borg, E. (2013) More questions for mirror neurons. Consciousness and Cognition, 22 (3). pp. 1122-1131. ISSN 1053-8100 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.11.013
2012
- Borg, E. (2012) Pursuing meaning. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp272. ISBN 9780199588374
- Borg, E. (2012) Semantics without pragmatics. In: Allen, K. and Jaszczolt, K. (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Pragmatics. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics. Cambridge University Press, pp. 513-528. ISBN 9780521192071
2010
- Borg, E. (2010) Minimalism and the content of the lexicon. In: Baptista, L. and Rast, E. (eds.) Meaning and Context. Lisbon Philosophical Studies - Uses of Languages in Interdisciplinary Fields - Volume 2. Peter Lang, Bern, pp. 51-78. ISBN 9783035101584
- Borg, E. (2010) On three theories of implicature: default theory, relevance and minimalism. In: Petrus, K. (ed.) Meaning and analysis: new essays on Grice. Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language and cognition. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, pp. 268-287. ISBN 9780333990100
2009
- Borg, E. (2009) Meaning and context: a survey of a contemporary debate. In: Whiting, D. (ed.) The later Wittgenstein on language. Philosophers in Depth . Palgrave, Basingstoke, pp256. ISBN 9780230219687
- Borg, E. (2009) Minimal semantics and the nature of psychological evidence. In: Sawyer, S. (ed.) New waves in philosophy of language. New Waves in Philosophy. Palgrave, pp. 24-40. ISBN 9780230224360
- Borg, E. (2009) Must a semantic minimalist be a semantic internalist? Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, 83 (1). pp. 31-51. ISSN 1467-8349 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8349.2009.00171.x
- Borg, E. (2009) On three theories of implicature: default theory, relevance and minimalism. The International Review of Pragmatics, 1 (1). pp. 63-83. ISSN 1877-3109 doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/187731009X455848
- Borg, E. (2009) The place of referential intentions in linguistic content. Manuscrito, 32 (1). pp. 85-122. ISSN 0100-6045
2007
- Borg, E. (2007) Minimalism versus contextualism in semantics. In: Preyer, G. and Peters, G. (eds.) Context- sensitivity and semantic mimimalism: new essays on semantics and pragmatics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 546-571. ISBN 9780199213320
- Borg, E. (2007) If mirror neurons are the answer, what was the question? Journal of Consciousness Studies, 14 (8). pp. 5-19. ISSN 1355-8250
2005
- Borg, E. (2005) Pragmatic determinants of what is said. In: Brown, K. (ed.) The encyclopedia of language and linguistics. 2nd edition. Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 737-40. ISBN 9780080442990
- Borg, E. G. N. (2005) Saying what you mean: unarticulated constituents and communication. In: Elugardo, R. and Stainton, R.J. (eds.) Ellipsis and non-sentential speech. Studies in linguistics and philosophy. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 237-262. ISBN 9781402023002
2004
- Borg, E. G. N. (2004) Formal semantics and intentional states. Analysis, 64 (3). pp. 215-223. ISSN 1467-8284 doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0003-2638.2004.00488.x
- Borg, E. G. N. (2004) Minimal semantics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199270255