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Assertion : on the philosophical significance of assertoric speech / Sanford C. Goldberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldberg, Sanford, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Assertiveness (Psychology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- On the philosophical significance of assertoric speech
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sanford C. Goldberg presents a novel account of the speech act of assertion. He argues that this type of speech act is answerable to an epistemic, context-sensitive norm. On this basis he shows the philosophical importance of assertion for key debates in philosophy of language and mind, epistemology, and ethics.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 12, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-179670-0
- OCLC:
- 908107595
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