What is pornography?

Noûs 35 (1):118–145 (2001)
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This paper aims to provide a "real", as opposed to "merely stipulative", definition of "pornography". The paper first argues that no extant definition of "pornography" comes close to being a real definition, and then goes on to defend a novel definition by showing how it avoids objections that plague its rivals.

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10.1111/0029-4624.00290

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