The exchange of words : speech, testimony, and intersubjectivity / Richard Moran.

• 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. 

Ämnesord

Social epistemology.  (LCSH)

Speech acts (Linguistics)  (LCSH)

Testimony (Theory of knowledge)  (LCSH)

Intersubjectivity.  (LCSH)

Målgrupp

Specialized.

Klassifikation

BD175 (LCC)

121.68 (DDC)

Ddca (kssb/8 (machine generated))