LU konference
Prof. Goldbergs ir viens no vadošajiem izziņas teorētiķiem pasaulē, sešu mūsdienu zinātnē nozīmīgu monogrāfiju autors vai līdzautors, tostarp, Anti-Individualism (Cambridge University Press, 2007), Relying on Others (Oxford University Press, 2010), Assertion (Oxford University Press, 2015). Viņa uzmanības centrā ir filozofijas, kognitīvo zinātņu, lingvistikas, psiholoģijas un citu zinātņu starpdisciplināri jautājumi. Īpašs jautājumu loks ir zināšanu publiskais un sociālais saturs.
Vieslekcijas anotācija (angļu val.):
Assertion, Silence, and the norms of public reaction
Prof. Sanford Goldberg
Northwestern University
USA Abstract In this paper I argue that there is a presumptive (albeit defeasible) entitlement for participants in a conversation to assume that a hearer’s silence in the face of an observed assertion indicates acceptance. I argue for this on the basis of evidence regarding our actual practice of assertion, together with considerations pertaining to the normative dimensions of that practice. One result of my thesis is that in contexts in which a hearer H is known to have observed an assertion, H is under prima facie normative pressure, if H rejects the assertion, to signal having done so. After defending these claims, I address the variety of contexts in which the entitlement itself is defeated (including but not limited to conditions of oppression or “silencing”). Aicināti visi interesenti!
Prof. Sanford Goldberg
Northwestern University
USA Abstract In this paper I argue that there is a presumptive (albeit defeasible) entitlement for participants in a conversation to assume that a hearer’s silence in the face of an observed assertion indicates acceptance. I argue for this on the basis of evidence regarding our actual practice of assertion, together with considerations pertaining to the normative dimensions of that practice. One result of my thesis is that in contexts in which a hearer H is known to have observed an assertion, H is under prima facie normative pressure, if H rejects the assertion, to signal having done so. After defending these claims, I address the variety of contexts in which the entitlement itself is defeated (including but not limited to conditions of oppression or “silencing”). Aicināti visi interesenti!
 profesora Senforda Goldberga lekciju “Apgalvojums, klusums un publiskās reakcijas normas” šī gada 12. decembrī, plkst. 16:00, LU Mazajā aulā. Lekcija notiks angļu valodā.){kind=link}