Dr. Charles Lassiter, Ph.D.
Associate professor of philosophy with publications on mind, language, knowledge, and culture
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Publications
Aristotle and distributed language: capacity, matter, structure, and languaging
Language Sciences / Jan 01, 2016
Lassiter, C. (2016). Aristotle and distributed language: capacity, matter, structure, and languaging. Language Sciences, 53, 8–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2015.05.011
Implicit racial bias and epistemic pessimism
Philosophical Psychology / Jan 12, 2017
Lassiter, C., & Ballantyne, N. (2017). Implicit racial bias and epistemic pessimism. Philosophical Psychology, 30(1–2), 79–101. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2016.1265103
The coupling-constitution fallacy
Pragmatics and Cognition / Nov 01, 2013
Kagan, A., & Lassiter, C. (2013). The coupling-constitution fallacy. Pragmatics & Cognition, 21(1), 178–192. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.21.1.08kag
How to power encultured minds
Synthese / Sep 06, 2018
Vukov, J., & Lassiter, C. (2018). How to power encultured minds. Synthese, 197(8), 3507–3534. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-018-01899-8
Diversity and Resistance to Change: Macro Conditions for Marginalization in Post-industrial Societies
Frontiers in Psychology / Jun 01, 2018
Lassiter, C., Norasakkunkit, V., Shuman, B., & Toivonen, T. (2018). Diversity and Resistance to Change: Macro Conditions for Marginalization in Post-industrial Societies. Frontiers in Psychology, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00812
Implicating without intending on the Gricean account of implicature
Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication / Dec 01, 2012
Lassiter, C. (2012). Implicating without intending on the Gricean account of implicature. Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication, 4(2), 199–215. https://doi.org/10.1386/ejpc.4.2.199_1
Language and simplexity: A powers view
Language Sciences / Jan 01, 2019
Lassiter, C. (2019). Language and simplexity: A powers view. Language Sciences, 71, 27–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2018.03.004
In search of an ontology for 4E theories: from new mechanism to causal powers realism
Synthese / Jun 03, 2021
Lassiter, C., & Vukov, J. (2021). In search of an ontology for 4E theories: from new mechanism to causal powers realism. Synthese, 199(3–4), 9785–9808. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-021-03225-1
Arational belief convergence
Synthese / Nov 21, 2019
Lassiter, C. (2019). Arational belief convergence. Synthese, 198(7), 6329–6350. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-019-02465-6
Could a robot flirt? 4E cognition, reactive attitudes, and robot autonomy
AI & SOCIETY / Jan 02, 2021
Lassiter, C. (2021). Could a robot flirt? 4E cognition, reactive attitudes, and robot autonomy. AI & SOCIETY, 37(2), 675–686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-01116-6
Thinking, faster and slower
Organizational Cognition / Sep 01, 2022
Vukov, J., & Lassiter, C. (2022). Thinking, faster and slower. Organizational Cognition, 145–167. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003169093-10
Particularized conversational implicatures and miraculous communication
Language Sciences / Jul 01, 2021
Lassiter, C. (2021). Particularized conversational implicatures and miraculous communication. Language Sciences, 86, 101401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.langsci.2021.101401
When Words Do Things: Perlocutions and Social Affordances
J.L. Austin on Language / Jan 01, 2014
Lassiter, C. (2014). When Words Do Things: Perlocutions and Social Affordances. J.L. Austin on Language, 32–49. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137329998_3
Sham Epistemic Authority and Implicit Racial Bias
Social Epistemology / Jan 02, 2019
Lassiter, C. (2019). Sham Epistemic Authority and Implicit Racial Bias. Social Epistemology, 33(1), 42–60. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2018.1552995
Cognition Beyond the Brain: Computation, Interactivity, and Human Artifice
Philosophical Psychology / Jun 19, 2014
Lassiter, C. (2014). Cognition Beyond the Brain: Computation, Interactivity, and Human Artifice. Philosophical Psychology, 28(8), 1245–1249. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2014.926442
Dogmatism and Domination: A Simulation Study
Episteme / Apr 12, 2023
Lassiter, C. (2023). Dogmatism and Domination: A Simulation Study. Episteme, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1017/epi.2023.15
Review of David Chalmers, Reality+: virtual Worlds and the problems of Philosophy, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2022
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences / Oct 20, 2022
Lassiter, C., & Kagan, A. (2022). Review of David Chalmers, Reality+: virtual Worlds and the problems of Philosophy, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2022. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-022-09864-0
Watching People Watching People: Culture, Prestige, and Epistemic Authority
Social Epistemology / Sep 03, 2022
Lassiter, C. (2022). Watching People Watching People: Culture, Prestige, and Epistemic Authority. Social Epistemology, 36(5), 601–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2022.2114113
New Ontological Foundations for Extended Minds: Causal Powers Realism
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences / Jun 10, 2022
Lassiter, C., & Vukov, J. (2022). New Ontological Foundations for Extended Minds: Causal Powers Realism. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-022-09817-7
Signs, Signs Everywhere, and Only Signs: William James on Pure Experience
Semiotics / Jan 01, 2018
Pfeifer, D. E. (2018). Signs, Signs Everywhere, and Only Signs: William James on Pure Experience. Semiotics, 79–86. https://doi.org/10.5840/cpsem20186
Externalizing Communicative Intentions
SATS / Jan 01, 2011
Lassiter, C. (2011). Externalizing Communicative Intentions. SATS, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.1515/sats.2011.010
How Not to Deal with the Tragic Dilemma
Social Epistemology / Jan 13, 2020
Mugg, J. (2020). How Not to Deal with the Tragic Dilemma. Social Epistemology, 34(3), 253–264. https://doi.org/10.1080/02691728.2019.1705935
Education
Fordham University
Ph.D., Philosophy / May, 2013
Experience
Gonzaga University
Associate professor of philosophy / September, 2019 — Present
Tenured faculty member in the philosophy department
Gonzaga University
Assistant professor of philosophy / September, 2013 — August, 2019
Untenured professor in the philosophy department
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