Assertion: A Function First Account
Assertion: A Function First Account
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DOI：
10.1111/nous.12153
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发表时间：
2018-06-01
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2.1
通讯作者：
Kelp, Christoph
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作者：
Kelp, Christoph
本文旨在对断言的规范性提出一种新颖的解释。其核心论点是断言具有病因学认识功能，即。在听众中产生知识。结合对病因学功能及其规范意义的一般说明，我们认为，当且仅当一个断言具有在听众中产生知识的倾向时，它在认识论上才是好的。此外，我们有理由相信，通过说话者规则，更具体地说，通过知识规则来规范断言的实践是有意义的，因为这样规范断言有助于确保断言可靠地履行其病因学功能。
This paper aims to develop a novel account of the normativity of assertion. Its core thesis is that assertion has an etiological epistemic function, viz. to generate knowledge in hearers. In conjunction with a general account of etiological functions and their normative import, it is argued that an assertion is epistemically good if and only if it has the disposition to generate knowledge in hearers. In addition, reason is provided to believe that it makes sense to regulate the practice of assertion by a speaker ruleand, more specifically, by a knowledge ruleas so regulating assertion contributes to ensuring that assertion fulfils its etiological function reliably.