Woods, JE (2018) A Commitment-Theoretic Account of Moore's Paradox. In: Turner, KP and Horn, L, (eds.) Pragmatics, Truth and Underspecification; Towards an Atlas of Meaning. Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface (CRISPI), 34 . Brill , pp. 323-348. ISBN 978-90-04-36544-5
Abstract
Moore’s paradox, the infamous felt bizarreness of sincerely uttering something of the form “I believe grass is green, but it ain’t”—has attracted a lot of attention since its original discovery (Moore 1942). It is often taken to be a paradox of belief—in the sense that the locus of the inconsistency is the beliefs of someone who so sincerely utters. This claim has been labeled as the priority thesis: If you have an explanation of why a putative content could not be coherently believed, you thereby have an explanation of why it cannot be coherently asserted. (Shoemaker 1995). The priority thesis, however, is insufficient to give a general explanation of Moore-paradoxical phenomena and, moreover, it’s false. I demonstrate this, then show how to give a commitment-theoretic account of Moore Paradoxicality.
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Keywords: | Moore's Paradox; Illocutionary Force; Reflexive Intentions; Belief |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Nov 2016 11:43 |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2019 01:11 |
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Series Name: | Current Research in the Semantics / Pragmatics Interface (CRISPI) |
Identification Number: | 10.1163/9789004365445 |
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