Contingent A Priori Truths, Illocutionary Acts, and De Re Knowledge

In this paper, I analyze Ruffino’s proposal that we should evaluate contingent a priori truths resulting from initial baptisms (i.e., propositions that are uttered to introduce of a new word to a community’s vocabulary) as illocutionary acts. I argue that, even if we concede such an interpretation...

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Published in:	Crítica
Main Author:	Thainá Coltro Demartini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 2025-09-01
Subjects:	speech acts semantics institutional facts declaratives epistemology
Online Access:	https://critica.filosoficas.unam.mx/index.php/critica/article/view/1703