However, as Prof. Judith Jarvis has pointed out to me, the recognition that "I promise" is performative was Hume's. See A Treatise o[ Human Nature, Book III, Pt. II, section 5.
Presuppositions
โ Scribed by Robert Stalnaker
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 543 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-3611
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