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When we make claims to each other, we're asserting. But what does it take to assert well? Do we need to know what we're talking about? This book argues that we don't. In fact, it argues that in some special contexts, we can lie.
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About the author
Rachel McKinnon is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at the College of Charleston, USA. She primarily works in epistemology, philosophy of language, metaphysics, and feminist philosophy. Her work has appeared in various journals such as Philosophical Studies, American Philosophical Quarterly, and Hypatia.
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Book Title: The Norms of Assertion
Book Subtitle: Truth, Lies, and Warrant
Authors: Rachel McKinnon
Series Title: Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137521729
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52171-2Published: 29 June 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52172-9Published: 12 January 2016
Series ISSN: 2946-2851
Series E-ISSN: 2946-286X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 251
Topics: Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, Linguistics, general, Discourse Analysis