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2024-09-01

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The definition of assertion: Commitment and truth

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According to an influential view, asserting a proposition involves undertaking some “commitment” to the truth of that proposition. But accounts of what it is for someone to be committed to the truth of a proposition are often vague or imprecise, and are rarely put to work to define assertion. This article aims to fill this gap. It offers a precise characterisation of assertoric commitment, and applies it to define assertion. On the proposed view, acquiring commitment is not sufficient for asserting: To assert, commitment must be acquired by explicitly presenting a proposition as true.

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Justificació (Teoria del coneixement), Negació (Lògica), Representació del coneixement (Teoria de la informació)

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Justification (Theory of Knowledge), Negation (Logic), Knowledge representation (Information theory)

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MARSILI, Neri. The definition of assertion: Commitment and truth. Mind & Language. 2024. Vol. 39, num. 4, pags. 540-560. ISSN 0268-1064. [consulted: 8 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/217260

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