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Speech act theory, discourse structure and indirect speech [PDF]
Speech Act Theory is concerned with the ways in which language can be used. It originated with Austin, but was developed by Searle. The theories of Austin and Searle are described and several problem areas are identified.
Smith, Peter Wilfred Hesling
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Permissions in Deontic Event-Calculus
Permissions are special case of deontic effects and play important role compliance. Essentially they are used to determine the obligations or prohibitions to contrary.
Hashmi, Mustafa, Governatori, Guido
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Unravel legal references in defeasible deontic logic
We provide a framework for computing reasoning traits of defeasible deontic ...
Francesco Olivieri +3 more
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Locke(d) in a Dilemma: The Problem of Territorial Authority
ABSTRACT In Lockean social contract theory, the state exercises its authority over territory through property rights. The state has territorial authority over the property it and its citizens claim. This authority is legitimate when the state has the consent of the governed and effectively governs. In this paper, I argue that there is an irreconcilable
Samantha L. Fritz
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A Paraconsistentist Approach to Chisholm's Paradox
The Logics of Deontic (In)Consistency (LDI’s) can be considered as the deontic counterpart of the paraconsistent logics known as Logics of Formal (In)Consistency.
Marcelo Esteban Coniglio +1 more
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Modality and Irony in Political Discourse
The central figures in political communication are the participants and the strategies of persuasion and manipulation used as tools that influence perceptions, and behaviours.
Valentina CIUMACENCO, Dr
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Deontic Logic, Mental odels, and Wason Selection Task
A problem related to theWason selection task is that only some thematic versions of it are executed correctly. Fodor raises the thesis that the versions that are adequately solved are those that refer to deontic situations.
Miguel López Astorga
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Deontic closure and conflict in legal reasoning
We identify some legal reasoning patterns concerning deontic closure and conflicts in defeasible deontic logics. First, whether the logic allows the derivation of permissions from conflicting norms.
Governatori, G +3 more
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Quantifiers for a Modal Future
ABSTRACT Future auxiliaries present a challenge to the classical analysis of modal expressions as existential or universal quantifiers over a contextually provided set of possible worlds: these expressions come with a distinct modal flavor, but their interaction with negation and the fact that future judgments come in degrees of confidence is ...
Malte Willer
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