Asserting is the act of claiming that something is the case—for instance, that oranges are
citruses, or that there is a traffic congestion on Brooklyn Bridge (at some time). We make …

According to an influential hypothesis, the speech act of assertion is subject to a single
'constitutive'rule, that takes the form:'One must: assert that p only if p has C'. Scholars …

What is assertion? An influential view holds that asserting a proposition involves
undertaking a 'commitment'to the truth of that proposition. But accounts of what it is for …

One challenge for moderate invariantists is to explain why we tend to deny knowledge to
subjects in high stakes when the target propositions seem to be inappropriate premises for …

This paper offers a systematic classification and characterization of speech acts and their
norms. Recently, the normative approach has been applied to various speech acts, most …

This thesis addresses philosophical problems concerning improper assertions. The first part
considers the issue of defining lying: here, against a standard view, I argue that a lie need …

Speech act theories have primarily aimed to identify the unique characteristics of different
types of speech acts. This has not been an easy endeavour. A simple statement, like saying …

In this thesis, I explore a number of epistemological issues concerning the relations between
knowledge, belief and practical matters. In particular, I defend a view, which I call credal …

This book takes purism about knowledge as the default position and defends it from the
challenges of pragmatic encroachment. The book is divided into two parts, a negative and a …

Commonality is the claim that there is a common epistemic standard for assertion, practical
reasoning and belief. ¹ The most popular version of this view holds that this epistemic …