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Luvell Anderson (PhD, Rutgers University) joins the department as an assistant professor.
Before coming to Memphis he was Alain Locke Postdoctoral Fellow at Pennsylvania State
University. He specializes in the philosophy of language and philosophy of race and
has published articles on racial slurs. His work concentrates on the semantics and
ethics of racial language and racist humor and the normativity of offense. Luvell
also has interests in social and political philosophy and the philosophy of mind.
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Selected Publications
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Articles
"Slurring Words" (with Ernie Lepore), in Nous (forthcoming).
"Language and Race" (with Sally Haslanger and Rae Langton), in The Routledge Companion to the Philosophy of Language (2012).
"On Slurs: A Response" (with Ernie Lepore) in New York Times (December 24, 2010).
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Recent & Upcoming Presentations
“Expletives,” Rutgers Summer Institute for Diversity in Philosophy (2012)
“The Normativity of Offense,” Washington University in St. Louis (2012)
“Humor and Racial Stereotypes,” Implicit Bias and Philosophy Workshop, University
of Sheffield (2012)
“Appropriating Offensive Racial Slurs,” Colgate University (2012)
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Contact Details
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| Assistant Professor of Philosophy |
Office: 318 Clement Hall
Phone: 901-678-2553
Fax: 901-678-4365
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Email: lndrsn14<at>memphis<dot>edu
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