Lexicon of Arguments

 

II 124
Assertion/Dummett: By asserting something, the speaker excludes certain possibilities.
II 125
But he does not rule out the possibility that the antecedent of the conditional is false. - Thus, its falsity does not make the assert. >Paradox of implication, >Conditional.
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III (e) 203
Meaning/assertion/Dummett: In general, no specific response is associated with an assertion - how the listener responds will depend on indefinitely many things - FregeVsWittgenstein: hence the meaning cannot be determined in the context of non-linguistic activities. Cf. >Use Theory.
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Tugendhat I 253
Meaning/assertion/game/Dummett/Tugendhat: (benefit) new: on the other hand it is said: if the expression is used, which then are the conditions under which it is right - Tugendhat: this requires the following:
1) that the circumstances for the accuracy of the use don’t matter
2) that the conditions on which the accuracy depends are such that their fulfillment is guaranteed by the use of the expression itself.
What the expression guarantees is that the conditions for its correctness (truth) are met - correctness is always implied (by the speaker).
Listeners: separate the conditions and their presence. >Assertibility conditions.
Tugendhat I 256f
TugendhatVsDummett:
1) That does not state the truth conditions yet - possible solution: thruth conditions in turn by sentence - then a metalanguage is needed. >Metalanguage.
TugendhatVsMeta language.
Solution/Tugendhat: the explanation must lie in the usage rule of the first sentence.
2) Vs: Giving a guarantee in turn presumes the use of an assertive sentence (circular).