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Global Expressivism and the Puzzle of Truth-Apt Sentences (2021)
Book Chapter
Barker, S. (2021). Global Expressivism and the Puzzle of Truth-Apt Sentences. In G. M. Mras, & M. Schmitz (Eds.), Force, Content, and the Unity of the Proposition. Routledge

Global Expressivism (2020)
Book Chapter
Barker, S. (2020). Global Expressivism. In The Routledge Handbook of Metametaphysics (270-283). Routlege

In this chapter I consider the prospects of globalizing expressivism. Expressivism is a position in the philosophy of language that questions the central role of representation in a theory of meaning or linguistic function. An expressivist about a do... Read More about Global Expressivism.

Material objects and essential bundle theory (2017)
Journal Article
Barker, S., & Jago, M. (2017). Material objects and essential bundle theory. Philosophical Studies, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0990-6

In this paper we present a new metaphysical theory of material objects. On our theory, objects are bundles of property instances, where those properties give the nature or essence of that object. We call the theory essential bundle theory. Property p... Read More about Material objects and essential bundle theory.

Material Objects and Essential Bundle Theory (2017)
Journal Article
BARKER, S., & Jago, M. (2018). Material Objects and Essential Bundle Theory. Philosophical Studies, 175(12), 2969-2986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0990-6

In this paper we present a new metaphysical theory of material objects. On our theory, objects are bundles of property instances, where those properties give the nature or essence of that object. We call the theory essential bundle theory. Property p... Read More about Material Objects and Essential Bundle Theory.

Figurative Speech: Pointing a Poisoned Arrow at the Heart of Semantics (2016)
Journal Article
Barker, S. (2017). Figurative Speech: Pointing a Poisoned Arrow at the Heart of Semantics. Philosophical Studies, 174, 123-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-016-0624-4

I argue that figurative speech, and irony in particular, presents a deep challenge to the orthodox view about sentence content. The standard view is that sentence contents are, at their core, propositional contents: truth-conditional contents. Moreov... Read More about Figurative Speech: Pointing a Poisoned Arrow at the Heart of Semantics.

Expressivism about Reference and Quantification over the Non-Existent without Meinongian Metaphysics (2014)
Journal Article
BARKER, S. (2015). Expressivism about Reference and Quantification over the Non-Existent without Meinongian Metaphysics. Erkenntnis, 80, Article 215-234. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-014-9699-5

Monism and Material Constitution (2014)
Journal Article
Barker, S., & Jago, M. (2014). Monism and Material Constitution. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 95(2), 189-204. https://doi.org/10.1111/papq.12024

Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics
Book
Barker, S. J. Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics. (submitted to) Oxford University Press. Manuscript submitted for publication

There is a wide-spread belief amongst theorists of mind and language. This is that in order to understand the relation between language, thought, and reality we need a theory of meaning and content, that is, a normative, formal science of meaning, wh... Read More about Global Expressivism: language agency without semantics, reality without metaphysics.