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Chapter 6 - FFAA and the Duty to Believe

from Part II - FFAA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2021

Christoph Kelp  and
Mona Simion
Christoph Kelp
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
Mona Simion
Affiliation:
University of Glasgow
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Summary

Chapter 6 turns to rules of assertion on the hearer side. One of the central aims of this chapter is to argue for one specific such rule which requires hearers believe what is asserted. We argue that in order to make proper sense of testimonial injustice, we must countenance a duty to believe on the part of the hearer. Having looked at some proposals that emerge from recent literature on conversational pressure and found them wanting, we offer a functionalist account of this duty to belief.

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assertionthe functionalist account of assertionthe duty to believeinjusticetestimonial injustice
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A Functionalist Account of Assertion
 , pp. 118 - 136
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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