Assertion as a Language-Game: the Role of Linguistic Agency in Social-Epistemic Agency

Shieber, Joseph (2002) Assertion as a Language-Game: the Role of Linguistic Agency in Social-Epistemic Agency. In: UNSPECIFIED Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, pp. 231-233.

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Abstract

Wittgenstein, in contrast with a number of recent
epistemologists (e.g., Audi 1998, 130-48; Fricker 1994),
held that hearing another person assert that p may itself
constitute sufficient reason for one to believe that p —
without one"s needing to have positive grounds for one"s
belief that the other person is sincere or reliable. (Cf.
Wittgenstein 1992, §§ 143, 160-1) In this paper I will
argue that Wittgenstein"s position follows immediately from
an understanding of assertion as a language-game
governed by norms binding the rational action of
participant speakers and hearers.

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: Assertion; Truth; Brandom, R.; Wittgenstein, L.
Subjects: Philosophie > Philosophische Disziplinen > Sprachphilosophie
Philosophie > Philosophische Journale, Kongresse, Vereinigungen > Wittgenstein Symposium Kirchberg, Pre-Proceedings > Kirchberg 2002
Philosophie > Philosophische Disziplinen > Allgemeine Ethik
Depositing User: Wolfgang Heuer
Date Deposited: 06 Dec 2020 14:28
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2020 14:28
URI: http://sammelpunkt.philo.at/id/eprint/2950

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