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Asserting is one of many acts we can perform in uttering words. We find assertions everywhere in our daily discourse when we give directions, answer questions, offer our opinions, and when we make arguments. But what is an assertion and what separates it from other speech acts such as requesting, conjecturing, and commanding?
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© 2015 Rachel McKinnon
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McKinnon, R. (2015). Speech Acts and Assertion. In: The Norms of Assertion. Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137521729_2
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