Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Speakers make evidentially hedged assertions when they weaken commitment to what they assert in virtue of disclosing imperfectly reliable sources of evidence in their assertions. A novel and increasingly influential case for the knowledge norm of assertion appeals to multiple strands of linguistic data on evidentially hedged assertions. This paper offers a critical evaluation of these data and shows that they do not clearly support the knowledge norm. The upshot calls for a reassessment of this new linguistic evidence while also highlighting noteworthy yet underappreciated features of evidentially hedged assertions.
Source: Erkenntnis
Author: Dario Mortini
Institution: Universitat de Barcelona
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $2,290
Funder: Universitat de Barcelona
OpenAlex ID: W4414397500