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<p class="MsoNormal">A public lecture will be held by the Department of Philosophy on
<b>Mon., Oct. 26, 2015</b> at <b>7:00 pm</b> in the <b>Lyle S. Hallman Institute,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Sun Life Auditorium, Room 1621</b> by <b>Jennifer Saul, University of Sheffield, UK</b>.
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<b><span style="color:#C00000">RSVP is recommended</span></b><span style="color:#C00000">
</span>to <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/womens-studies/about/people">Mary Synnott</a> (<a href="mailto:msynnott@uwaterloo.ca">msynnott@uwaterloo.ca</a>), Women’s Studies.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/profiles/saul">Jennifer Saul</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Dogwhistles, Philosophy of Language and Political Manipulation<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Old stock Canadian" has been said to be a dogwhistle: a phrase that's meant to allow a politician to communicate something problematic in such a way as to avoid alienating potential audiences.
Dog whistling is widely used in political campaigning, especially to communicate about race. Professor Saul’s paper explores the challenges that dogwhistles pose for democracy, but also for standard ways of approaching philosophy of language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">For more information
<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/events/dogwhistles-philosophy-language-and-political-manipulation">
https://uwaterloo.ca/philosophy/events/dogwhistles-philosophy-language-and-political-manipulation</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Vicki Brett</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Hobo Std""><br>
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Philosophy Department – HH 365<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Tel: 519-888-4567 x32449<br>
<a href="mailto:vbrett@uwaterloo.ca">vbrett@uwaterloo.ca</a></span><br>
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