Alexander Pruss's Blog

I used to think one could get by without assertions in a society, using only promises. Here's the trick I had in mind. Instead of assert...

Philosophers say things like: "Asserting 'There is no conclusive proof that Smith is a plagiarist' implicates that there is a g...

The following seem plausible necessary conditions on sincerity: Assertion: If I sincerely asserted that p , I intended (at least...