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 …

The paper distinguishes between two conceptions of kinds defined by constitutive rules, the
one suggested by Searle, and the one invoked by Williamson to define assertion. Against …

Arguably, a theory of assertion should be able to provide (i) a definition of assertion, and (ii)
a set of conditions for an assertion to be appropriate. This paper reviews two strands of …

Assertion is widely regarded as an act associated with an epistemic position. To assert is to
represent oneself as occupying this position and/or to be required to occupy this position …

This paper offers a normative account of the speech act of explanation with understanding
as its norm. The previous accounts of the speech act of explanation rely on the factive notion …

The present paper argues that there is a knowledge norm for conversational implicature:
one may conversationally implicate p only if one knows p. Linguistic data about the …

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 …

Generalisation, universal knowledge claims, and recommendations within disaster studies
are problematic because they lead to miscommunication and the misapplication of …