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Borgoni, Cristina:
Deference to First-Person Authority and Early Communicative Interactions.
In: Review of Philosophy and Psychology.
Vol. 17
(9 February 2026)
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- pp. 1-23.
ISSN 1878-5166
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-025-00795-8
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Abstract
Many authors agree with McGeer’s (1996, 2007) view that we owe people first-person authority. While this feature is widely acknowledged, accounts rarely ask who is entitled to such authority. As a result, over-intellectualized models have often, even unintentionally, excluded many individuals from the scope of such accounts. This paper addresses this gap by examining the social practice of deference to first-person authority in its earliest form: communicative interactions between infants and adults. The paper adopts a methodological focus on the phenomenon’s early occurrence, enabling us both to avoid the narrow scope of overly intellectualized models and to achieve a more accurate understanding of its constitutive aspects. My central claim is that this practice of deference can be traced back to our interactions with pre-linguistic infants, whose communicative acts elicit responses governed by the same norms we apply when deferring to linguistic expressions of mental states.
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| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
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| DDC Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and psychology |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy > Chair Philosophy - Epistemology > Chair Philosophy - Epistemology - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Cristina Borgoni Gonçalves Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Department of Philosophy > Chair Philosophy - Epistemology |
| Language: | English |
| Originates at UBT: | Yes |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-9406-0 |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jun 2026 12:22 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jun 2026 04:03 |
| URI: | https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/9406 |
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