Truth and Speech Acts - Studies in the Philosophy of Language

Informationen zum Autor Dirk Greimann is Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil. Geo Siegwart is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Klappentext Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap. This innovative collection addresses such themes as: the relation between the concept of truth and the success conditions of assertions and kindred speech acts the linguistic devices of expressing the truth of a proposition the relation between predication and truth. Zusammenfassung Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: The Illocutionary Significance of the Concept of Truth Part 2: Truth and Assertion Part 3: The Normativity of Truth Part 4: Truth and Propositional Meaning

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• Authors: Dirk (University of Santa Maria Greimann
• Assisted by: Dirk Greimann (Editor), Greimann Dirk (Editor), Geo Siegwart (Editor), Siegwart Geo (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2007
• EAN: 9780415406512
• ISBN: 978-0-415-40651-2
• No. of pages: 406
• Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc