@article{a065bc594f834f609b030543bef5f86f,
title = "X-Phi and the challenge from ad hoc concepts",
abstract = "Ad hoc concepts feature prominently in lexical pragmatics. A speaker can use a word or phrase to communicate an ad hoc concept that is different from the lexically encoded concept and the hearer can construct the intended ad hoc concept pragmatically during utterance comprehension. I argue that some philosophical concepts have origins as ad hoc concepts, and such concepts pose a challenge for experimental philosophy regarding these concepts. To illustrate this, I consider philosophers{\textquoteright} {\textquoteleft}what-it{\textquoteright}s-like{\textquoteright}-concepts and experimental philosophy of consciousness.",
keywords = "Ad hoc concepts, Consciousness, Experimental philosophy, Lexical pragmatics, What it{\textquoteright}s like",
author = "Michelle Liu",
note = "Funding Information: This work was funded by the Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship ECF-2021-539. Open Access funding enabled and organized by CAUL and its Member Institutions. Funding Information: Thanks to three reviewers for insightful comments. Thanks also to the editors of this volume - Eugen Fischer and Nat Hansen - for helpful suggestions and support during the reviewing process. The paper was presented at the {\textquoteleft}Philosophy{\textquoteright}s Experimental Turn and the Challenge from Ordinary Language{\textquoteright} conference in Berlin, which was sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. Thanks to the participants on that occasion, especially Joachim Horvath for feedback and encouragement on the project. I am also indebted to Nicholas Allott whose written comments and expertise on relevance theory have helped me greatly improve the paper. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023, Crown.",
year = "2023",
month = may,
doi = "10.1007/s11229-023-04149-8",
language = "English",
volume = "201",
journal = "Synthese",
issn = "0039-7857",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag London Ltd.",
number = "5",
}