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    Propositions and propositional acts
    Canadian Journal of Philosophy 39 (3). 2009.
    Suppose that John asks, ‘Is the window open?’ and Mary replies, ‘The window is open.’ Then John and Mary have produced two distinct utterances, and in doing so, they have performed two different kinds of speech act. But clearly there is something that these utterances have in common. According to the standard theory of speech acts, in these utterances different illocutionary forces have been applied to the same propositional content. Similarly, if John and Mary both believe that roses are red, t…Read more
  •  69
    The natural history of fact
    Australasian Journal of Philosophy 82 (2). 2004.
    The article provides an example of the application of the techniques and results of historical linguistics to traditional problems in the philosophy of language. It takes as its starting point the dispute about the nature of facts that arose from the 1950 Aristotelian Society debate between J. L. Austin and P. F. Strawson. It is shown that, in some cases, expressions containing the noun fact refer to actions and events; while in other cases, such expressions do not have a referring function at a…Read more
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    Notice Board
    with Adrian van den Hoven
    Sartre Studies International 19 (2): 132-147. 2013.
    Notice board of current events, such as conferences, publications and media broadcasts linked to Sartre's life, work and intellectual legacy.