Sharing Knowledge: A Functionalist Account of Assertion

by Mona Simion and Christoph Kelp

Book Overview

Assertion is the central vehicle for the sharing of knowledge. Whether knowledge is shared successfully often depends on the quality of assertions: good assertions lead to successful knowledge sharing, while bad ones don't. In Sharing Knowledge, Christoph Kelp and Mona Simion investigate the relation between knowledge sharing and assertion, and develop an account of what it is to assert well. More specifically, they argue that the function of assertion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009005790
• ISBN13: 9781009005791
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"