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Assertion and the future

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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:32 authored by Corine BessonCorine Besson, Anandi Hattiangadi
It is disputed what norm, if any, governs assertion. We address this question by looking at assertions of future contingents: statements about the future that are neither metaphysically necessary nor metaphysically impossible. Many philosophers think that future contingents are not truth apt, which together with a Truth Norm or a Knowledge Norm of assertion implies that assertions of these future contingents are systematically infelicitous. In this article, we argue that our practice of asserting future contingents is incompatible with the view that they are not truth apt. We consider a range of norms of assertion and argue that the best explanation of the data is provided by the view that assertion is governed by the Knowledge Norm.

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Oxford University Press

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The Oxford handbook of assertion

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Editors

Sanford Goldberg

Legacy Posted Date

2019-08-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-07-31

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