Perlocutionary Silencing: A Linguistic Harm That Prevents Discursive Influence

Abstract Various philosophers discuss perlocutionary silencing, but none defend an account of silencing. This gap may exist because success depends on extralinguistic effects, whereas silencing interrupts speech, leaving theorists to rely extemporary accounts when they Consequently, scholars assume occurs neglect explain how harms speakers as speakers. In relation that shortcoming, I a novel argue experience are illegitimately deprived influence conversation in which active participants, where the relates speech-related goals meant or conversational direction. Thus, this grounds linguistic phenomena and characterizes way explains why those who harmed Moreover, participants cannot be captured by illocutionary locutionary for speaker perlocutionarily silenced despite success. “All Lives Matter” silences Black Matter “Not All Men” women sharing experiences sexual harassment.