Reasonable Assertions: On Norms of Assertion and Why You Don't Need to Know What You're Talking About

There’s a widespread conviction in the norms of assertion literature that an agent’s asserting something false merits criticism. As Williamson puts it, asserting something false is likened to cheating at the game of assertion. Most writers on the topic have consequently proposed factive norms of ass...

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Main Author: McKinnon, Rachel
Language:en
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/6619