Truth and Speech Acts: Studies in the Philosophy of Language

by Dirk Greimann (Editor), Geo Siegwart (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415542517
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/17/2012
Series:	Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

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