The exchange of words: speech, testimony, and intersubjectivity

The capacity to speak is not only the ability to pronounce words, but is the socially recognized capacity to make one's words count in various ways. We rely on this capacity whenever we tell another person something and expect to be believed, and what we learn from others in this way is the bas...

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1. Verfasser: Moran, Richard 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:The capacity to speak is not only the ability to pronounce words, but is the socially recognized capacity to make one's words count in various ways. We rely on this capacity whenever we tell another person something and expect to be believed, and what we learn from others in this way is the basis for most of what we take ourselves to know about the world. 'The Exchange of Words' is a philosophical exploration of human testimony, specifically as a form of intersubjective understanding in which speakers communicate by making themselves accountable for the truth of what they say. This account weaves together themes from philosophy of language, moral psychology, action theory, and epistemology, for a new approach to this fundamental human phenomenon
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 233 Seiten)
ISBN:9780190873356
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190873325.001.0001