Emma Borg

Email:
e.g.n.borg@reading.ac.uk
Phone:
+44 (0) 118 378 8324
Job title:
Professor

Responsibilities:

Director of the Centre for Cognition Research
I work part-time, but in the past I have taught mainly Reason and Argument at part 1, Philosophy of Mind at part 2, and Philosophy of Language at 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.
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Research centres and groups

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Publications

Lepoutre, M. , Vilar-Lluch, S. , Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 , Hansen, N. (2023) What is hate speech? The case for a corpus approach. Criminal Law and Philosophy ISSN: 1871-9805 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11572-023-09675-7
Yessick, L. ORCID: 0000-0002-9258-4511 , Tanguay, J. , Gandhi, W. , Harrison, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-3674-9622 , Dinu, R. , Chakrabarti, B. ORCID: 0000-0002-6649-7895 , Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 , Salomons, T. ORCID: 0000-0002-1871-6969 (2023) Investigating the relationship between pain indicators and observers’ judgements of pain. European Journal of Pain , 27 (2). pp. 223-233. ISSN: 10903801 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejp.2053

Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 (2022) In defence of individual rationality. Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society , 22 (3). pp. 195-217. ISSN: 1467-9264 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arisoc/aoac009
Salomons, T. , Harrison, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-3674-9622 , Hansen, N. , Stazicker, J. , Sorensen, A. , Thomas, P. , Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 (2022) Is pain “all in your mind”? Examining the general public’s views of pain. Review of Philosophy and Psychology , 13 pp. 683-698. ISSN: 1878-5158 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13164-021-00553-6

Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 , Scarafone, A. , Shardimgaliev, M. (2021) Meaning and communication. Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy , Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. ISSN: 2161-0002
Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 and Fisher, S. ORCID: 0000-0003-1115-6134 (2021) Semantic content and utterance context: a spectrum of approaches. In: Stalmaszczyk, P. , (eds.) The Cambridge handbook of the philosophy of language. Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics The Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language ISBN: 9781108492386
Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 and Unruh, C. (2021) Reshaping relations between the state and the private sector post-COVID-19? Exploring the social licence framework. Journal of the British Academy , 9 pp. 87-113. ISSN: 2052-7217 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.5871/jba/009.087
Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 (2021) Language and context. In: Finn, S. , Edmonds, D. , Warburton, N. , (eds.) Women of Ideas. Oxford University Press , Oxford. ISBN: 9780198859925
Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 , Fisher, S. , Hansen, N. , Harrison, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-3674-9622 , Ravindran, D. , Salomons, T. , Wilkinson, H. (2021) Pain priors, polyeidism, and predictive power: a preliminary investigation into individual differences in our ordinary thought about pain. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics , 42 (3-4). pp. 113-135. ISSN: 1573-1200 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11017-021-09552-1
Borg, E. (2021) The thesis of "doux commerce" and the social licence to operate framework. Business Ethics: A European Review , 30 (3). pp. 412-422. ISSN: 1467-8608 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/beer.12279

Borg, E. ORCID: 0000-0003-2725-9568 , Fisher, S. ORCID: 0000-0003-1115-6134 , Hansen, N. , Scarafone, A. , Shardimgaliev, M. (2020) Applied philosophy of language. Ratio , 33. Ratio , 33 (4). ISSN: 1467-9329 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rati.12269
Borg, E. , Harrison, R. , Stazicker, J. , Salomons, T. (2020) Is the folk concept of pain polyeidic?. Mind and Language , 35 (1). pp. 29-47. ISSN: 1468-0017 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mila.12227

Borg, E. , Salomons, T. , Hansen, N. (2019) The meaning of pain expressions and pain communication. In: van Rysewyk, S. , (eds.) Meanings of Pain. , 2. Springer pp. 261-282. ISBN: 9783030241537 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24154-4_14
Grindrod, J. and Borg, E. (2019) Questions under discussion and the semantics/pragmatics divide. Philosophical Quarterly , 69 (275). pp. 418-426. ISSN: 1467-9213 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqy058
Borg, E. (2019) Explanatory roles for minimal content. Nous , 53 (3). pp. 513-539. ISSN: 1468-0068 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nous.12217
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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3547-x

Borg, E. (2018) Millikan, meaning and minimalism. Theoria , 84 (3). pp. 242-258. ISSN: 1755-2567 | doi: https://dx.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://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13164-018-0386-3

Borg, E. (2017) Mirroring, mindreading and smart behaviour-reading. Journal of Consciousness Studies , 24 (5-6). pp. 24-49. ISSN: 1355-8250
Borg, E. (2017) Local vs. global pragmatics. Inquiry , 60 (5). pp. 509-516. ISSN: 1502-3923 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2016.1246862

Borg, E. (2016) Finding meaning. The Linguist , 55 (3). pp. 22-24. (The Linguist)
Borg, E. (2016) Applied philosophy of language. In: Coady, D. , Brownlee, K. , Lippert-Ramussen, K. , (eds.) A Companion to Applied Philosophy. Wiley pp. 180-195.

Borg, E. (2015) Exploding explicatures. Mind and Language , 31 (3). pp. 335-355. ISSN: 1468-0017 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mila.12109

Borg, E. (2014) From ape empathy to human morality?. Analysis , 74 (4). pp. 577-587. ISSN: 1467-8284 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/analys/anu080

Borg, E. (2013) More questions for mirror neurons. Consciousness and Cognition , 22 (3). pp. 1122-1131. ISSN: 1053-8100 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.11.013

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
Borg, E. (2012) Pursuing meaning. Oxford University Press , Oxford. pp 272. ISBN: 9780199588374

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. , (eds.) Meaning and analysis: new essays on Grice. Palgrave studies in pragmatics, language and cognition Palgrave Macmillan , Basingstoke. pp. 268-287. ISBN: 9780333990100

Borg, E. (2009) Meaning and context: a survey of a contemporary debate. In: Whiting, D. , (eds.) The later Wittgenstein on language. Philosophers in Depth Palgrave , Basingstoke. pp 256. ISBN: 9780230219687
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://dx.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://dx.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
Borg, E. (2009) Minimal semantics and the nature of psychological evidence. In: Sawyer, S. , (eds.) New waves in philosophy of language. New Waves in Philosophy Palgrave pp. 24-40. ISBN: 9780230224360

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

Borg, E. (2005) Saying what you mean: unarticulated constituents and communication. In: Elugardo, . and Stainton, . , (eds.) Ellipsis and non-sentential speech. Studies in linguistics and philosophy Springer , Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp. 237-262. ISBN: 9781402023002
Borg, E. (2005) Pragmatic determinants of what is said. In: Brown, K. , (eds.) The encyclopedia of language and linguistics. 2nd edition. Elsevier , Oxford. pp. 737-40. ISBN: 9780080442990

Borg, E. (2004) Minimal semantics. Oxford University Press , Oxford, UK. ISBN: 9780199270255
Borg, E. (2004) Formal semantics and intentional states. Analysis , 64 (3). pp. 215-223. ISSN: 1467-8284 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0003-2638.2004.00488.x

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