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Is Searlean Insincere Promise a Speech Act? / Ogleznev, Vitaly.

In: Filosofija, Sociologija, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2019, p. 215-223.

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Ogleznev, V 2019, 'Is Searlean Insincere Promise a Speech Act?', Filosofija, Sociologija, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 215-223. https://doi.org/10.6001/fil-soc.v30i3.4044

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Ogleznev, V. (2019). Is Searlean Insincere Promise a Speech Act? Filosofija, Sociologija, 30(3), 215-223. https://doi.org/10.6001/fil-soc.v30i3.4044

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Ogleznev V. Is Searlean Insincere Promise a Speech Act? Filosofija, Sociologija. 2019;30(3):215-223. https://doi.org/10.6001/fil-soc.v30i3.4044

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Ogleznev, Vitaly. / Is Searlean Insincere Promise a Speech Act?. In: Filosofija, Sociologija. 2019 ; Vol. 30, No. 3. pp. 215-223.

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title = "Is Searlean Insincere Promise a Speech Act?",
abstract = "In this article, I focus solely on the study of the classical definition of the speech act of promising given in the works of John Searle. In the first section, I consider the conditions and rules for the successful performance of the act of promising. The second section includes an analysis of some contradictions in Searle's approach to the insincere promise. I discuss his basic argument that insincere promises are speech acts. The third section deals with the case of a polite promise. The fourth section presents a refutation of Searle's claim to recognize an insincere promise as a promise and a speech act. In the last section, I conclude that for the 'normal' speech act of promising, the requirement of the sincerity condition 'S intends to do A' is necessary; otherwise it is not a promise at all, and thus the Searlean insincere promise is not a speech act.",
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