This is the part where I announce my latest book, When Language Fails. I anticipate publishing more content related to the ideas put forth presently.
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Some conflicts persist not because we refuse to listen, but because we inhabit different worlds.
Why do some arguments never resolve? Why do intelligent people talk past one another, armed with the same words but reaching incompatible conclusions?
In When Language Fails, philosopher Bry Willis argues that these impasses are not simply the result of poor reasoning or bad faith. They are structural. Building on his earlier work, A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis, Willis contends that certain concepts fail to converge because they arise from different ontological grammars—distinct, historically sedimented frameworks that shape what counts as real, coherent, and meaningful.
What appears to be irrationality is often misalignment. What feels like moral failure may be ontological divergence.
Moving beneath surface disagreement, When Language Fails explores the limits of translation between conceptual worlds. Drawing on philosophy of language, hermeneutics, and social theory, Willis challenges the assumption that clearer definitions or better arguments will always bridge divides.
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When Language Fails: Ontological Pluralism and the Limits of Moral Resolution is a follow-up to A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis: Mapping the Boundaries of Linguistic Expression.
Where A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis describes how language fails on the surface, When Language Fails delves deeper into constraints of ontological grammar.
I anticipate hardcover, Kindle, and eBook versions, but for now, it’s old-school paperback.
I’ll be sharing content and commentary soon. Meantime, check it out. Leave comments, as always.
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