Against the Locutionary Thesis

For Austin, Grice and many others, undertaking a speech act like asserting or promising requires uttering something with a particular sense and reference in mind. We argue that the phenomenon of open-ended promises reveals this ‘Locutionary Thesis’ to be mistaken.

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Published in:Analysis (Oxford) 2026-02
Main Authors: Radulescu, Alexandru, Michaelson, Eliot 
Format: Article
Language:English
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