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Dr Sarah Fisher
(she/her)
Teams and roles for Sarah Fisher
Lecturer
School of Global Humanities
Overview
I am a lecturer in Philosophy. I work on topics in the philosophy of mind and language.
Here is my website: https://sites.google.com/view/sarahafisher/
My office is in the John Percival Building, Room 5.34.
Publication
2026
- Fisher, S. 2026. Discursive deadlock and the social (media) life of frames. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science 41 (2), pp.245-261. (10.1387/theoria.26260)
- Fisher, S. A. and Howard, J. W. 2026. Free speech facts. In: Baderin, A. and Miller, D. eds. Why Political Theory Needs Social Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.194-211. (10.1093/oso/9780198914976.003.0011)
2025
- Fisher, S. 2025. Concepts at the interface; dual process theory at a crossroads. Philosophical Psychology (10.1080/09515089.2025.2584455)
- Fisher, S. A. 2025. Something AI should tell you – The case for labelling synthetic content. Journal of Applied Philosophy 42 (1), pp.272-286. (10.1111/japp.12758)
2024
- Fisher, S. A. , Howard, J. W. and Kira, B. 2024. Moderating synthetic content: The challenge of generative AI. Philosophy & Technology 37 133. (10.1007/s13347-024-00818-9)
- Fisher, S. A. 2024. Large language models and their big bullshit potential. Ethics and Information Technology 26 67. (10.1007/s10676-024-09802-5)
- Fisher, S. 2024. That's not what you said! Semantic constraints on literal speech. Mind and Language , pp.1-16. (10.1111/mila.12508)
- Fisher, S. et al. 2024. Should politicians be exempt from fact-checking?. Journal of Online Trust and Safety 2 (2), pp.1-12. (10.54501/jots.v2i2.170)
2023
- Fisher, S. 2023. Description invariance: a rational principle for human agents. Economics and Philosophy 40 (1), pp.42-54. (10.1017/S0266267123000019)
2022
- Fisher, S. 2022. Defining preferences over framed outcomes does not secure agents' rationality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45 (10.1017/S0140525X22001029)
- Fisher, S. 2022. Frames, Reasons, and Rationality. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 30 (2), pp.162-173. (10.1080/09672559.2022.2057685)
- Fisher, S. A. 2022. Frame it again: New tools for rational decision-making. By José Luis Bermúdez. [Book Review]. The Philosophical Quarterly 72 (2), pp.512-514. (10.1093/pq/pqab036)
2021
- Borg, E. et al., 2021. Pain priors, polyeidism, and predictive power: a preliminary investigation into individual differences in ordinary thought about pain. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 42 (3-4), pp.113-135. (10.1007/s11017-021-09552-1)
- Fisher, S. A. and Mandel, D. R. 2021. Teaching & learning guide for: Risky‐choice framing and rational decision‐making. Philosophy Compass 16 (8) e12763. (doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12794)
- Fisher, S. A. and Borg, E. 2021. Semantic content and utterance context: a spectrum of approaches. In: Stalmaszczyk, P. ed. The Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language. Vol. 2, Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Cambridge University Press. , pp.174-193. (10.1017/9781108698283.010)
- Fisher, S. and Mandel, D. 2021. Risky-choice framing and rational decision-making. Philosophy Compass 16 (8) e12763. (10.1111/phc3.12763)
- Fisher, S. 2021. Correction to: Framing Effects and Fuzzy Traces: ‘Some’ Observations. Review of Philosophy and Psychology 13 , pp.525. (10.1007/s13164-021-00565-2)
- Fisher, S. 2021. Framing Effects and Fuzzy Traces: ‘Some’ Observations. Review of Philosophy and Psychology 13 , pp.719-733. (10.1007/s13164-021-00556-3)
2020
- Fisher, S. 2020. Rationalising Framing Effects: At Least One Task for Empirically Informed Philosophy. Crítica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía 52 (156), pp.5-30. (10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2020.1221)
- Fisher, S. 2020. Meaning and framing: the semantic implications of psychological framing effects. Inquiry 65 (8), pp.967-990. (10.1080/0020174X.2020.1810115)
2019
- Fisher, S. 2019. Reassessing truth-evaluability in the Minimalism-Contextualism debate. Synthese 198 , pp.2765-2782. (10.1007/s11229-019-02245-2)
Articles
- Fisher, S. 2026. Discursive deadlock and the social (media) life of frames. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science 41 (2), pp.245-261. (10.1387/theoria.26260)
- Fisher, S. 2025. Concepts at the interface; dual process theory at a crossroads. Philosophical Psychology (10.1080/09515089.2025.2584455)
- Fisher, S. A. 2025. Something AI should tell you – The case for labelling synthetic content. Journal of Applied Philosophy 42 (1), pp.272-286. (10.1111/japp.12758)
- Fisher, S. A. , Howard, J. W. and Kira, B. 2024. Moderating synthetic content: The challenge of generative AI. Philosophy & Technology 37 133. (10.1007/s13347-024-00818-9)
- Fisher, S. A. 2024. Large language models and their big bullshit potential. Ethics and Information Technology 26 67. (10.1007/s10676-024-09802-5)
- Fisher, S. 2024. That's not what you said! Semantic constraints on literal speech. Mind and Language , pp.1-16. (10.1111/mila.12508)
- Fisher, S. et al. 2024. Should politicians be exempt from fact-checking?. Journal of Online Trust and Safety 2 (2), pp.1-12. (10.54501/jots.v2i2.170)
- Fisher, S. 2023. Description invariance: a rational principle for human agents. Economics and Philosophy 40 (1), pp.42-54. (10.1017/S0266267123000019)
- Fisher, S. 2022. Defining preferences over framed outcomes does not secure agents' rationality. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 45 (10.1017/S0140525X22001029)
- Fisher, S. 2022. Frames, Reasons, and Rationality. International Journal of Philosophical Studies 30 (2), pp.162-173. (10.1080/09672559.2022.2057685)
- Fisher, S. A. 2022. Frame it again: New tools for rational decision-making. By José Luis Bermúdez. [Book Review]. The Philosophical Quarterly 72 (2), pp.512-514. (10.1093/pq/pqab036)
- Borg, E. et al., 2021. Pain priors, polyeidism, and predictive power: a preliminary investigation into individual differences in ordinary thought about pain. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 42 (3-4), pp.113-135. (10.1007/s11017-021-09552-1)
- Fisher, S. A. and Mandel, D. R. 2021. Teaching & learning guide for: Risky‐choice framing and rational decision‐making. Philosophy Compass 16 (8) e12763. (doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12794)
- Fisher, S. and Mandel, D. 2021. Risky-choice framing and rational decision-making. Philosophy Compass 16 (8) e12763. (10.1111/phc3.12763)
- Fisher, S. 2021. Correction to: Framing Effects and Fuzzy Traces: ‘Some’ Observations. Review of Philosophy and Psychology 13 , pp.525. (10.1007/s13164-021-00565-2)
- Fisher, S. 2021. Framing Effects and Fuzzy Traces: ‘Some’ Observations. Review of Philosophy and Psychology 13 , pp.719-733. (10.1007/s13164-021-00556-3)
- Fisher, S. 2020. Rationalising Framing Effects: At Least One Task for Empirically Informed Philosophy. Crítica. Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía 52 (156), pp.5-30. (10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2020.1221)
- Fisher, S. 2020. Meaning and framing: the semantic implications of psychological framing effects. Inquiry 65 (8), pp.967-990. (10.1080/0020174X.2020.1810115)
- Fisher, S. 2019. Reassessing truth-evaluability in the Minimalism-Contextualism debate. Synthese 198 , pp.2765-2782. (10.1007/s11229-019-02245-2)
Book sections
- Fisher, S. A. and Howard, J. W. 2026. Free speech facts. In: Baderin, A. and Miller, D. eds. Why Political Theory Needs Social Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press. , pp.194-211. (10.1093/oso/9780198914976.003.0011)
- Fisher, S. A. and Borg, E. 2021. Semantic content and utterance context: a spectrum of approaches. In: Stalmaszczyk, P. ed. The Cambridge Handbook of the Philosophy of Language. Vol. 2, Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Cambridge University Press. , pp.174-193. (10.1017/9781108698283.010)
Research
I am working mainly on the following topics:
- Meaning - especially the semantics and pragmatics of language
- Framing - especially the rationality of linguistic framing effects
- Speech acts - especially the role of audience uptake
- Digital discourse - especially social media content moderation
Teaching
In 2024-25 I am teaching in epistemology, applied philosophy of language, and history of philosophy.
Biography
I have worked in academic philosophy since 2016, having spent the previous decade in public policy.
I have a Bachelors Degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, a Masters in Mind, Language, and Embodied Cognition, and a PhD in Philosophy, on the topic of Framing Effects and Context in Language Comprehension.
Academic positions
- Lecturer, Cardiff University (2024-)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, UCL (2022-2024)
- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Vienna (2020-2022)
- Research Assistant, University of Reading (2020-2021)
- Doctoral Researcher / Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Reading (2016-2020)
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Philosophy of mind
- Philosophy of language
- Social and Political Philosophy of Language
- Philosophy of cognition