Assertion
New Philosophical Essays
Published on 5. June 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
310 pages
978-0-19-870763-9 (ISBN)
Description
Assertion is a fundamental feature of language. This volume will be the place to look for anyone interested in current work on the topic. Philosophers of language and epistemologists join forces to elucidate what kind of speech act assertion is, particularly in light of relativist views of truth, and how assertion is governed by epistemic norms.
Reviews / Votes
Brown and Cappelen offer an excellent introduction which lays out the dialectical space, and which explains the division of papers into those which address the nature of assertion ... and those which concern 'epistemic norms of assertion'. ... Brown and Cappelen's volume is rich and fascinating reading, and should be of interest for all contemporary philosophers of language and epistemologists. * Allan Hazlett, Mind *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-870763-9 (9780198707639)
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Persons
Jessica Brown is currently Arche Professor at the Arche Philosophical Research Centre at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. She has published extensively in epistemology and philosophy of mind, including her monograph, Anti-Individualism and Knowledge (MIT 2004).
; Herman Cappelen is Arche Professor at the University of St Andrews and a research director at CSMN, at the University of Oslo. He is the author of three books: Insensitive Semantics (Blackwell, 2004), Language Turned on Itself (OUP 2007), and Relativism and Monadic Truth (OUP 2009). He is co-author of The Inessential Indexical, with Josh Dever (OUP, 2013).
; Herman Cappelen is Arche Professor at the University of St Andrews and a research director at CSMN, at the University of Oslo. He is the author of three books: Insensitive Semantics (Blackwell, 2004), Language Turned on Itself (OUP 2007), and Relativism and Monadic Truth (OUP 2009). He is co-author of The Inessential Indexical, with Josh Dever (OUP, 2013).
Content
PART 1. WHAT IS AN ASSERTION?; PART 2. EPISTEMIC NORMS OF ASSERTION