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Knowing, Telling, Trusting.
- Source :
- Philosophical Quarterly; Jul2023, Vol. 73 Issue 3, p762-782, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This paper falls into three parts. The first looks at wh-constructions, focussing on the so-called factual whs , 'X knows where... ', 'when', 'who', 'what' etc. I suggest, drawing on both linguistic considerations and evidence from developmental psychology, that these constructions take things as their objects, not propositions; and that this may be why they are learned before those taking sentential complements. The second part moves to the case of telling- wh : to constructions such as telling someone who is at the door. This construction brings a very particular set of requirements, not just to tell the truth, but to tell all the relevant truths and nothing but. The third section, in a critical discussion of Katherine Hawley's work, argues that an account of trust and testimony focussing on the telling- wh construction brings better results than one focussed on the blander idea of assertion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- TRUST
DEVELOPMENTAL psychology
PROPOSITION (Logic)
TRUTH
ASSERTIONS (Logic)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00318094
- Volume :
- 73
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Philosophical Quarterly
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164689682
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pq/pqad033