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assertoric force Frege


Subject Philosophy

People Frege, Gottlob

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781405106795.2004.x


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's term for the force that makes a sentence an assertion rather than a hypothetical, interrogative, or imperative sentence. Assertoric force is distinguished from assertoric sense. The former is the act of asserting, and is represented using the “assertion-sign,” while the latter is the thought or judgeable content contained in a sentence. In English, the indicative mood of the main verb has assertoric force, for it makes the expression of a thought into an assertion. The idea of assertoric force inspired Austin to develop his speech act theory.“Assertoric force can most easily be eliminated by changing the whole into a question; for one can express the same thought in a question as in an assertoric sentence, only without asserting it.”Frege, Collected Papers ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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