Recent Posts For Philosophy of Language
Illocutionary Denegation: Understanding Negative Speech Acts
Illocutionary denegation refers to the negation of the speech act itself, not…
Generalized Implicature
Generalized implicature refers to meanings that are often, but not always, conveyed…
Conventional Implicature
Conventional implicature refers to meaning that is suggested or implied by an…
Commitment Between Illocutionary Acts
This concept explores how performing one speech act can obligate or commit…
Verity: Understanding the Degree of Truth
Verity, in degree-theoretic semantics, quantifies the truth of a statement. It assigns…
Truth Predicate
A truth predicate assigns truth to propositions, central to Tarski's semantic theory.…
Tarski’s Indefinability Theorem
Tarski's indefinability theorem proves that truth cannot be consistently defined within the…