Dr Chris Cousens
- Lecturer in Philosophy (Philosophy)
email:
Chris.Cousens@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
He/him/his
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675Publications
2026
Cousens, Chris 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675 and Popa‐Wyatt, Mihaela
(2026)
Why are slurs wrong? Slurs, power, and reclamation.
Philosophy Compass, 21(6),
e70144.
(doi: 10.1111/phc3.70144)
Cousens, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675
(2026)
Artificial speakers, artificial speech acts?
Philosophical Quarterly,
(doi: 10.1093/pq/pqag076)
(Early Online Publication)
Catapang Podosky, Paul-Mikhail and Cousens, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675
(2026)
Bullshit slurs.
Synthese, 208(4),
191.
(doi: 10.1007/s11229-026-05835-z)
2025
Cousens, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675
(2025)
Fat-calling: ascriptions of fatness that subordinate.
Philosophical Studies, 182(2),
pp. 655-677.
(doi: 10.1007/s11098-025-02291-2)
Articles
Cousens, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675 and Popa‐Wyatt, Mihaela
(2026)
Why are slurs wrong? Slurs, power, and reclamation.
Philosophy Compass, 21(6),
e70144.
(doi: 10.1111/phc3.70144)
Cousens, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675
(2026)
Artificial speakers, artificial speech acts?
Philosophical Quarterly,
(doi: 10.1093/pq/pqag076)
(Early Online Publication)
Catapang Podosky, Paul-Mikhail and Cousens, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675
(2026)
Bullshit slurs.
Synthese, 208(4),
191.
(doi: 10.1007/s11229-026-05835-z)
Cousens, Chris ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3107-2675
(2025)
Fat-calling: ascriptions of fatness that subordinate.
Philosophical Studies, 182(2),
pp. 655-677.
(doi: 10.1007/s11098-025-02291-2)
Prior publications
Article
Chris Cousens (2025) Catcalls and Unwanted Conversations Hypatia CIÊNCIAVITAE. (doi: 10.1017/hyp.2024.30)
Chris Cousens (2023) Tweet acts and quote-tweetable acts Synthese CIÊNCIAVITAE. (doi: 10.1007/s11229-023-04395-w)
Chris Cousens (2023) Solving the Authority Problem: Why We Won’t Debate You, Bro Topoi CIÊNCIAVITAE. (doi: 10.1007/s11245-023-09888-4)
Chris Cousens (2020) Are ableist insults secretly slurs? Language Sciences CIÊNCIAVITAE. ISSN 0388-0001 (doi: 10.1016/j.langsci.2019.101252)
Chris Cousens (2019) Are Ableist Insults Secretly Slurs? Language Sciences University of Manchester - PURE.
Book Section
Chris Cousens (2024) Exercising Illocutionary Power, Or Harmful Speech and Contestation University of Manchester - PURE. ISBN 9783031605390 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-60537-6_5)