Willard-Kyle, C. (2020) Being in a position to know is the norm of assertion. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 101(2), pp. 328-352. (doi: 10.1111/papq.12305)
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Abstract
This paper defends a new norm of assertion: Assert that p only if you are in a position to know that p. We test the norm by judging its performance in explaining three phenomena that appear jointly inexplicable at first: Moorean paradoxes, lottery propositions, and selfless assertions. The norm succeeds by tethering unassertability to unknowability while untethering belief from assertion. The PtK‐norm foregrounds the public nature of assertion as a practice that can be other‐regarding, allowing asserters to act in the best interests of their audience when psychological pressures would otherwise prevent them from communicating the knowable truth.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Willard-Kyle, Dr Christopher |
Authors: | Willard-Kyle, C. |
College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
Journal Name: | Pacific Philosophical Quarterly |
Publisher: | Wiley |
ISSN: | 0279-0750 |
ISSN (Online): | 1468-0114 |
Published Online: | 28 January 2020 |
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