In the common thinking, rules are often considered linguistic entities. However, forms of normativity not necessarily connected with verbal or written language emerge in the social reality. A number of normative phenomena (e.g. folk law, customs, pictorial law, graphic rules, hostile architecture, animal societies) widely described in the literature do not seem to involve the use of words. Indeed, apparently, in these cases, rules have non-lexical nature.
Phenomenology and Mind invites submissions for a special issue dedicated to “Rules without Words: Inquiries into Non-linguistic Normativities”. This special issue aims to bring together researchers from all around the world who focus on non-linguistic rules from different philosophical perspectives: social philosophy, philosophy of law and jurisprudence, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, media studies, philosophy of architecture, philosophy of design, performance studies, ethology, cognitive science and social psychology, gender studies.
The main purpose of this special issue is to provide a critical overview of some of the most interesting topics and methodologies from the current philosophical debate, focusing on (but not limited to) the following issues:
1. Ontology of non-linguistic rules
- What are the distinctive ontological features of non-linguistic rules?
- What are the relations between non-linguistic rules and social reality?
- Are non-linguistic rules essentially connected to human societies or do they regulate the social life of some non-human members of the animal kingdom?
2. Epistemology of non-linguistic rules
- What are the distinctive epistemic features of non-linguistic rules?
- What are the cognitive and psychological aspects of non-linguistic rules?
- How is it possible to understand a non-linguistic rule?
- Is it possible to have a normative experience independently from language?
3. Deontology of non-linguistic rules
- Do non-linguistic rules contribute to the development or the maintenance of traditional and new social inequalities?
- What are the seminal cases of non-linguistic rules in disseminating or imposing political and social values and habits?
- How can non-linguistic rules promote the social good?
- How do architecture and design shape social reality through the creation of tacit normative social constraints?
Confirmed Invited Authors
Amedeo Giovanni Conte (University of Pavia)
Giuseppe Lorini (University of Cagliari)
Patrik Maynard (University of Western Ontario)
Guest Editors
Sanja Bojanić
(University of Rijeka, Academy of Applied Arts Rijeka, Center for Advanced Studies – Southeastern Europe)
Olimpia Loddo
(University of Cagliari)
Marko-Luka Zubčić
(University of Rijeka, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka, Center for Advanced Studies – Southeastern Europe)
Important dates:
Deadline for submissions: March 13th, 2019
Notification of acceptance: May 13th, 2019
Publication of the issue: December, 2019
Click here to download the Call For Papers
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