Re: BHA: Nixon's lies

[Louis Irwin <lirwin1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Colin,

Neither stating ironically nor writing insincerely "I assert ..." count as
assertions, at least if you use "assertion", as I do, to carry
illocutionary implications - see one of Ruth's recent posts.

Louis Irwin

>>5. Anyone who ASSERTS a statement wants it to be believed and accepted as
>>true.
>
>I assert that Critical Realism is nonsense and postmodernism is true!
>
>Rorty's new book is the most stimulating thing I have read in years! (I'm
>being ironic Richard)
>
>>
>>6. It is not possible to ASSERT a statement without at the same time
>>implying that you believe it is true.
>
>Ibid.




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