What's in a Promise?
ABSTRACT Many, perhaps even most, philosophers hold that, in order to promise someone something, the promisor must intend to communicate what they are promising. I argue against this claim, explain why it matters to the nature of promising, and sketch an alternative picture of normatively powerful speech acts.
Authors
- Eliot Michaelson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2181-5423)
Institutions
- King's College London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Noûs
- Published
- 2026-07-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.70059
- Primary Topic
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00