PHIL 2504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Eyewitness Memory
31 Mar 2018
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Society, language, and cognition: fausey, long, inamori, and boroditsky"s constructing. One of the central conclusions for today"s reading: agency is not objectively/independently determined or assessed; it is, rather, context- dependent. The presence, absence, and nature of causal agency is determined according to various features of the situation, including visual, social, and cultural context. A strong body of psychological research says yes: the way we view and think about the world (including ourselves) is shaped by how we talk about it, and vice versa. The way we talk about the world and the way we perceive it are mutually influential. E. g. people from different societies will interpret causal events differently. This article examines a specific but highly significant facet of our interactions with the world that may be shaped by language: causal agency. Whether and how we assign responsibility/blame will depend on linguistic framing.
