Knowledge Norms for Constative Speech Acts

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
Mona Simion
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Epistemic Normativity ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Knowledge Account ◽  
Generalized Knowledge ◽  
Epistemic Function ◽  
Knowledge Norms ◽  
Acts 2

This chapter is up to an ambitious task: it develops the first integrated account of the epistemic normativity of constatives. In order to do that, it argues for a generalized knowledge-based account of the epistemic normativity of constative speech, and it develops the corresponding accounts for, respectively, assertives, predictives, retrodictives, descriptives, ascriptives, informatives, confirmatives, concessives, retractives, assentives, dissentives, disputatives, responsives, suggestives, and suppositives. The chapter argues for a knowledge account from three different angles: (1) the nature of communicative speech acts, (2) the relation between assertion and other constatives, and (3) the normativity of belief together with constatives’ epistemic function.

Shifty Speech and Independent Thought

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Simion
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Epistemic Normativity ◽  
Knowledge Attributions ◽  
Knowledge Account ◽  
Functionalist Account ◽  
Epistemic Independence ◽  
Independent Thought ◽  
Classical Invariantism

This is an essay in epistemology and the philosophy of language. It concerns epistemology in that it is a manifesto for epistemic independence: the independence of good thinking from practical considerations. It concerns philosophy of language in that it defends a functionalist account of the normativity of assertion in conjunction with an integrated view of the normativity of constative speech acts. The book defends the independence of thought from the most prominent threat that has surfaced in the last twenty years of epistemological theorizing: the phenomenon of shiftiness of proper assertoric speech with practical context. It does four things: first, it shows that, against orthodoxy, the argument from practical shiftiness of proper assertoric speech against the independence of proper thought from the practical does not go through, for it rests on normative ambiguation. Second, it defends a proper functionalist knowledge account of the epistemic normativity of assertion, in conjunction with classical invariantism about knowledge attributions. Third, it generalizes this account to all constative speech. Last, it defends detailed normative accounts for conjecturing, telling, and moral assertion.

The Epistemic Norms of Action

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikkel Gerken
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Epistemic Norm ◽  
Epistemic Normativity ◽  
Epistemic Norms ◽  
Knowledge Norm ◽  
Knowledge Ascriptions ◽  
Epistemological Principle ◽  
Knowledge Norms

Chapter 6 concerns the normative relationship between action and knowledge ascriptions. Arguments are provided against a Knowledge Norm of Action (KNAC) and in favor of the Warrant-Action norm (WA). According to WA, S must be adequately warranted in believing that p relative to her deliberative context to meet the epistemic requirements for acting on p. WA is developed by specifying the deliberative context and by arguing that its explanatory power exceeds that of knowledge norms. A general conclusion is that the knowledge norm is an important example of a folk epistemological principle that does not pass muster as an epistemological principle. More generally, Chapter 6 introduces the debates about epistemic normativity and develops a specific epistemic norm of action.

scholarly journals REPRESENTASI KESANTUNAN TINDAK TUTUR BERBAHASA INDONESIA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN DI KELAS (KAJIAN ETNOGRAFI KOMUNIKASI)

Diksi ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahrul R.
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Speech Act ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Strengthening Effect ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Acts 2

This article is about a research study conducted to describe and clarifypoliteness in speech acts using Indonesian in the talk done during a lesson in theclassroom at SMA PMT Hamka, a senior high school in Padang Pariaman,Sumatra Barat, focusing on representations of (1) the forms of politeness in thespeech acts, (2) the functions of politeness in the speech acts, and (3) the strategiesof using politeness in the speech acts. It was a case study with communicationethnography and pragmatics as its starting points. The data consisted of two types:data from utterances and data from field notes. The two types of data, compiled bymeans of recordings, observations, and interviews, were analyzed with aninteractive model of analysis.The research findings are as follows. First, in the context ofrepresentations of the forms of speech-act politeness, it is found that (a) suchrepresentations using Indonesian use the declarative, interrogative, and imperativemodes, (b) the use of the declarative mode represents command, request, advice,and praise, (c) the use of the interrogative mode represents requesting, asking forwhat students have promised, clarifying whether students have understood, andgiving a warning, (d) the use of the imperative mode represents invitation to dosomething, request, and command, (e) a softening of the illocution power is foundin utterances using the declarative and interrogative modes so that the utterancesare felt to be polite, (f) utterances using the interrogative mode, however, tends tohave a strengthening effect on the illocution power so that the utterances are feltless polite. Second, in the context of representations of the functions of speech-actpoliteness, it is found that (a) the functions of politeness in directive acts consist ofrequesting, permitting, advising, commanding, and forbidding functions and (b)the functions of politeness in expressive acts consist of praising and thankingfunctions. Third, in the context of representations of the strategies of speech-actpoliteness, it is found that (a) utterances can be direct, realized in completeimperative form and imperative form with incomplete phrase and (b) utterancescan be indirect by (1) being with expressions of politeness used in a positive way,(2) being with expressions of politeness used in a negative way, and (3) beingunclear.Keywords: politeness, speech act, directive, expressive, classroom instruction120

KNOWLEDGE-BASED SELF-ADAPTATION IN EVOLUTIONARY SEARCH

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (01) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHAN-JIN CHUNG ◽  
ROBERT G. REYNOLDS
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Inference ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Cultural Algorithms ◽  
Performance Improvements ◽  
Minimization Problems ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Cultural Framework ◽  
Self Adaptation ◽  
Acceptance Function ◽  
Generalized Knowledge

Self-adaptation has been frequently employed in evolutionary computation. Angeline1 defined three distinct adaptive levels which are: population, individual and component levels. Cultural Algorithms have been shown to provide a framework in which to model self-adaptation at each of these levels. Here, we examine the role that different forms of knowledge can play in the self-adaptation process at the population level for evolution-based function optimizers. In particular, we compare the relative performance of normative and situational knowledge in guiding the search process. An acceptance function using a fuzzy inference engine is employed to select acceptable individuals for forming the generalized knowledge in the belief space. Evolutionary programming is used to implement the population space. The results suggest that the use of a cultural framework can produce substantial performance improvements in execution time and accuracy for a given set of function minimization problems over population-only evolutionary systems.

scholarly journals Speech Acts and Principles of Daily in Dental Post Advertisements on Youtube Period (2015-2018)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Ni Putu Andini Desiyanti Laksmi
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Illocutionary Acts ◽  
Dental Post ◽  
Acts 2

Every utterance that is uttered has a certain purpose and meaning. Thus, an effort is needed to interpret the utterance which is called speech acts. The aims of this research is to explain (1) types of speech acts (2) categories of illocutionary acts, and (3) politeness principles contained in the utterance on toothpaste advertisements on youtube period (2015-2018). The data in this research were taken from toothpaste advertisements that have been shown on television channels. The data collected are in the form of image footage and utterances contained in the advertisement. The results of the analysis show that (1) there is a difference between locution and illocutionary acts in adult’s and children's toothpaste advertisements, namely that adult toothpaste advertisements highlight information about the advantages of toothpaste, while the children's toothpaste advertisement emphasizes information about nonverbal advertising, (2) illocutionary acts in the advertisement indicated that there were 6 assertive utterances, 9 directive utterances, 6 commissive utterances, 6 expressive utterances, and 2 declarative utterances, (3) the politeness principles found in those advertisements are 15 tact maxims, 4 approbation maxims, and 6 symphaty maxims.

scholarly journals Practical and Epistemic Justification in Alston’s "Perceiving God"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Turri
Keyword(s):  
Speech Acts ◽  
Epistemic Justification ◽  
Knowledge Account ◽  
Knowledge Account Of Assertion ◽  
Epistemic Invariantism

This paper shows how to reconcile epistemic invariantism with the knowledge account of assertion. My basic proposal is that we can comfortably combine invariantism with the knowledge account of assertion by endorsing contextualism about speech acts.

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