Legal personhood for the integration of AI systems in the social context: a study hypothesis

This chapter examines the social functions of speaker-oriented attitude datives in Levantine Arabic. It analyzes these datives as perspectivizers used by a speaker to instruct her hearer to view her as a form of authority in relation to him, to the content of her utterance, and to the activity they are both involved in. The nature of this authority depends on the sociocultural, situational, and co-textual context, including the speaker’s and hearer’s shared values and beliefs, their respective identities, and the social acts employed in interaction. The chapter analyzes specific instances of speaker-oriented attitude datives as used in different types of social acts (e.g., commands, complaints) and in different types of settings (e.g., family talk, gossip). It also examines how these datives interact with facework, politeness, and rapport management.

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Intuitions and Arguments: Cognitive Foundations of Argumentation in Natural Theology

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion ◽

10.24204/ejpr.v9i2.1934 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 57-82 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Helen De Cruz ◽

Johan De Smedt

Keyword(s):

Social Context ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Natural Theology ◽

The Social ◽

Social Theories ◽

Cognitive Foundations

This paper examines the cognitive foundations of natural theology: the intuitions that provide the raw materials for religious arguments, and the social context in which they are defended or challenged. We show that the premises on which natural theological arguments are based rely on intuitions that emerge early in development, and that underlie our expectations for everyday situations, e.g., about how causation works, or how design is recognized. In spite of the universality of these intuitions, the cogency of natural theological arguments remains a matter of continued debate. To understand why they are controversial, we draw on social theories of reasoning and argumentation.

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