Review Essay of Dorit Bar-On's Speaking My Mind

“Avowals” are utterances that “ascribe [current] states of mind”; for instance utterances of ‘I have a terrible headache’ and ‘I’m finding this painting utterly puzzling’ (Bar-On 2004: 1). And avowals, “when compared to ordinary empirical reports…appear to enjoy distinctive security” (1), which Bar-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Byrne, Alex
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Wiley Blackwell (Blackwell Publishing) 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71215
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