
Assertions belong to the family of speech acts that make claims regarding how things are. They include statements, avowals, reports, expressed judgments, and testimonies - acts which are relevant across a host of issues not only in philosophy of language and linguistics but also in subdisciplines such as epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, ethics, and social and political philosophy. Over the past two decades, the amount of scholarship investigating the speech act of assertion has increased dramatically, and the scope of such research has also grown. The Oxford Handbook of Assertion explores various dimensions of the act of assertion: its nature; its place in a theory of speech acts, and in semantics and meta-semantics; its role in epistemology; and the various social, political, and ethical dimensions of the act. Essays from leading theorists situate assertion in relation to other types of speech acts, exploring the connection between assertions and other phenomena of interest not only to philosophers but also to linguists, psychologists, anthropologists, lawyers, computer scientists, and theorists from communication studies.
What is the fundamental nature of assertion and how does this speech act function across diverse intellectual disciplines? Editor Sanford C. Goldberg compiles a comprehensive collection of essays from leading theorists to examine the mechanics, semantics, and social implications of assertion. The text synthesizes research from the past two decades, providing a structured framework that connects philosophical inquiry with practical applications in fields ranging from linguistics to computer science.
What You Will Find
Scope Limits
Experts identify this volume as a definitive resource for scholars and advanced students investigating the speech act of assertion. Readers frequently note the high academic density of the prose, which is tailored for those already familiar with contemporary analytic philosophy and linguistic theory.
Page Count:
902
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190678380
ISBN-13:
9780190678388
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