[lit-ideas] Re: a claim is merely an "I believe" sentence

  • From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 23:03:13 +0200

Well, no, politicians make claims that they don't believe, as do
philosophers. But a sentence prefaced with "I claim that" seems to be a
performative - uttering it makes it true, pretty much.

On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:51 PM, Richard Henninge <
RichardHenninge@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Will Donal grant me that all claims are merely "I believe" propositions?

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