Abstract
It is often assumed that unknowability explains infelicity. That is, if it's infelicitous to assert p, and p is unknowable, then that explains the infelicity, given the knowledge norm of assertion. In Iterated Knowledge, Simon Goldstein makes a similar move in arguing for an omega-knowledge norm of assertion. In this paper, I argue against the unknowability assumption, and sketch an alternative for accounting for infelicities.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Inquiry (United Kingdom) |
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| State | Accepted/In press - 2025 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Keywords
- Iterated knowledge
- Moore's paradox
- assertion
- dubious assertions
- knowledge norm
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