Personal profile
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Additional Information
Supervision areas:
I offer supervision to graduate students on the philosophy of language, especially philosophical semantics focused on: indexicals, expressives and slurs, semantic relativism. I also offer supervision on History of Analytic Philosophy, especially Russell.
Current teaching:
Level 2: Formal Logic
Level 1: Philosophies of Resistance
Biography
Before coming to Manchester, Graham completed a PhD and taught in the Philosophy department at the University of Southampton
Research interests
Specific research interests:
Philosophy of language, race and gender, history of analytic philosophy, especially Russell.
Current research projects:
I am currently working on issues surrounding the semantics of indexicals, slurs, and expressions of taste. I am also working more generally on the topic of politically significant language, and on figurative language.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Gender Relativism: The Case from Retraction
Stevens, G. & Berškytė, J., 13 Nov 2025, In: Hypatia. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What's so bad about being a manageress?
Stevens, G. & Pulijana, J., 13 Feb 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Inquiry.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Faultless Disagreement Without Contradiction: Expressive-Relativism and Predicates of Personal Taste
Berskyte, J. & Stevens, G., 2022, In: Linguistics and Philosophy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Metalinguistic Monstrosity and Displaced Communications
Stevens, G., 31 Dec 2020, In: Dialectica.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Indexical Theory of Racial Pejoratives
Scott, M. & Stevens, G., 2019, In: Analytic Philosophy. 60, 4, p. 385-404Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Forum for Quine and the History of Analytic Philosophy
Macbride, F. (PI), Crawford, S. (CoI), Janssen-Lauret, F. (CoI), Stevens, G. (CoI), Uebel, T. (CoI), Kemp, G. (CoI), Rieger, A. (CoI) & Weir, A. (CoI)
Project: Research
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Misogyny and online gender-based violence
Popa-Wyatt, M. (PI), Berskyte, J. (CoI) & Stevens, G. (CoI)
1/12/23 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
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Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations (Journal)
Stevens, G. (Member of editorial board)
Jul 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Research
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Russell's Ideal Philosophy of Language
Stevens, G. (Discussant)
Dec 2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research
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MacBride's Russell
Stevens, G. (Discussant)
Apr 2016Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Research