Journal article
Practical Moore sentences
- Abstract:
- I discuss what I call practical Moore sentences: sentences like ‘You must close your door, but I don't know whether you will’, which combine an order together with an avowal of agnosticism about whether the order will be obeyed. I show that practical Moore sentences are generally infelicitous. But this infelicity is surprising: it seems like there should be nothing wrong with giving someone an order while acknowledging that you do not know whether it will obeyed. I suggest that this infelicity points to a striking psychological fact, with potentially broad ramifications concerning the structure of norms of speech acts: namely, when giving an order, we must act as if we believe we will be obeyed.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1111/nous.12287
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- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Journal:
- Noûs More from this journal
- Volume:
- 55
- Issue:
- 1
- Pages:
- 39-61
- Publication date:
- 2019-05-03
- Acceptance date:
- 2019-02-27
- DOI:
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1468-0068
- ISSN:
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0029-4624
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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pubs:1043494
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pubs:1043494
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1043494
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2019-08-14
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- Wiley Periodicals, Inc
- Copyright date:
- 2019
- Rights statement:
- © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Wiley at https://doi.org/10.1111/nous.12287
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