ISBN : 9780190882907
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 basic human phenomenon.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Speech, Intersubjectivity, and Social Acts
Chapter Two: Getting Told and Being Believed
Chapter Three: Sincerity and Self-Expression
Chapter Four: The Claim and the Encounter
Chapter Five: Illocution and Interlocution
Chapter Six: The Social Act and its Self-Consciousness
Chapter Seven: The Self and its Society
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