Assertion: On the Philosophical Significance of Assertoric Speech

by Sanford C. Goldberg

Book Overview

Sanford C. Goldberg presents a novel account of the speech act of assertion. He defends the view that this type of speech act is answerable to a constitutive norm--the norm of assertion. The hypothesis that assertion is answerable to a robustly epistemic norm is uniquely suited to explain assertion's philosophical significance--its connections to other philosophically interesting topics. These include topics in epistemology (testimony and testimonial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198801572
• ISBN13: 9780198801573
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.1"