Conceptual engineers have recently turned to the notion of conceptual functions to do a
variety of explanatory work. Functions are supposed to explain what speakers are debating …

In both co-authored and solo-authored work over the past decade, we have developed the
idea of “metalinguistic negotiation”. On our view, metalinguistic negotiation is a type of …

In this paper, we consider how the notion of metalinguistic negotiation interacts with various
theories of generics. The notion of metalinguistic negotiation we discuss stems from …

There has been recent interest in the idea that speakers who appear to be having a verbal
dispute may in fact be engaged in a metalinguistic negotiation: they are communicating …

I develop an expressivist account of verbal disagreements as practical disagreements over
how to use words rather than factual disagreements over what words actually mean. This …

A broad assumption in argumentation theory is that argumentation primarily regards
resolving, confronting, or managing disagreement. This assumption is so fundamental that …

Changing concepts comes with a risk of creating merely verbal disputes. Accounts of topic
continuity (such as Herman Cappelen's) are supposed to solve this problem. As this paper …

This paper offers an account of a fallacy we will call bothsiderism, which is to mistake
disagreement on an issue for evidence that either a compromise on, suspension of …

This paper raises a new form of speaker error objection to the analysis of disputes as
metalinguistic negotiations in cases in which disputants reject that analysis. It focuses on an …

In this contribution, we explore the plausibility and consequences of treating arguments over
what counts as a COVID-19 death as metalinguistic arguments. While unquestionably …