Episode 40, 'Offensive Language' with Rebecca Roache

The Panpsycast Philosophy Podcast

Jack Symes | Andrew Horton, Oliver Marley, and Rose de Castellane

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4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Rebecca Roache is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. Dr Roache specialises in practical ethics, logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychiatry and early modern philosophy, but in this episode, we’ll be speaking to Rebecca specifically about the philosophy of language and swearing.

In the words of Rebecca Roache:

"With a little imagination, we can find limitless and powerful ways to offend people if that’s what we want to do. We don’t need to give a f*ck about whether our favourite swear words are declining in their capacity to shock." (Ethics Centre,2015 - click for full article)

This interview is produced ‘in association with The Institute of Art and Ideas and the Philosophy for Our Times podcast’. A very special thank you to everybody at the Institute of Art and Ideas for making this interview possible.

*We apologise for the audio quality of this episode. We recorded the interview at How the Light Gets In Festival, and although the rain had stopped for us momentarily, you’ll be able to hear festival-goers celebrating the outbreak of sunshine in the background. We’ll be back in the studio after this episode. Thank you, we hope you enjoy the show!

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0:00.0	Language warning. This episode contains strong language. Words like...
0:05.0	And my least favourite word,
0:08.0	If you are below the age of 15, please do not proceed past this point.
0:20.0	Rebecca Roach is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Royal Holloway's University of London.
0:27.6	Dr Roach specializes in practical ethics, logic, philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychiatry,
0:33.6	and early modern philosophy.
0:35.6	But today we'll be speaking to Rebecca specifically about the philosophy of language and swearing.
0:40.3	In the words of Rebecca Roach, with a little imagination we can find limitless and powerful ways to offend people.
0:47.3	But that's what we want to do. We don't need to give a b-about whether our favourite swear words are declining in their capacity
0:54.9	to shock.
0:57.1	Links to Rebecca's work can be found on our website, along with anything else you might need.
1:01.9	Thank you to all of our patrons.
1:03.2	If you're enjoying the show, please go to patreon.com forward slash panpsychas to show your
1:08.1	support.
1:09.6	This interview is produced in association with the Institute of
1:13.6	Arts and Ideas and the Philosophy for Our Times podcast. A very special thank you to everybody at the
1:19.5	Institute of Art and Ideas for making this interview possible. Check out the Philosophy for
1:24.8	our Times podcast by clicking the link and our iTunes description.
1:28.7	We apologize for the audio quality of this episode.
1:32.3	We recorded the interview at How the Light Gets in Festival,
1:35.2	and although the rain had stopped for us momentarily,
1:37.7	you'll be able to hear festival goers celebrating the outbreak of sunshine in the background.
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