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Not only are assertions — speech-acts of statement-making — appraised for their truth, so also are the statements made. Indeed, the word “true” is used more often in connection with statements than with the speech-acts which promulgate them.
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Campbell, R. (2011). The Truth of Statements. In: The Concept of Truth. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230307803_8
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