Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:25:58 -0400 From: Louis Irwin <lirwin1-AT-ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: BHA: Nixon's lies 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. --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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