Against the Locutionary Thesis

Abstract For Austin, Grice and many others, undertaking a speech act like asserting or promising requires uttering something with a particular sense and reference in mind. We argue that the phenomenon of open-ended promises reveals this ‘Locutionary Thesis’ to be mistaken.

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2024-12-17
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https://doi.org/10.1093/analys/anae110
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Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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Against the Locutionary Thesis

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Against the Locutionary Thesis

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Abstract For Austin, Grice and many others, undertaking a speech act like asserting or promising requires uttering something with a particular sense and reference in mind. We argue that the phenomenon of open-ended promises reveals this ‘Locutionary Thesis’ to be mistaken.

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King's College London (GB), University of Missouri–St. Louis (US), University of Missouri (US)
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Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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