Assertion

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This is an excellent piece of philosophy and an essential contribution to the literature on assertion. Goldberg knows the terrain far better than most do, and his discussion is acute, fair-minded, and enlightening. Even a reader who retains at the end apreference for an alternative position will put the book down less confidently than it was picked up. * David Simpson, Monash University, Australasian Journal of Philosophy * Goldberg's book promises to be an important contribution to the literature: rigorously argued and with a rich source of material for future discussion, anyone with a specialist interest in assertion should read it. * Daniel Brigham, Analysis * This is an outstanding contribution to the growing literature on the speech act . . . Goldberg's work will surely be read for decades in both epistemology and the philosophy of language. With Assertion Goldberg only cements this legacy, presenting us with views that deserve to be the starting point of future investigations. Goldberg is an exceptionally clear writer, beginning each section with both a summary of the previous material and an explanation of its place in the book's larger scheme. It is this sort of clarity which makes it nearly impossible to get lost in the work even when it is at its most technical. This should be essential reading for those working in either the philosophy of language or epistemology. Philosophers of mind and psychology stand to learn much from it too. * Brian Montgomery, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online *