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Publication details [#4537]

Hedenius, Ingemar. 1963. Performatives. Theoria 29 : 115–136.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

metacommunication | performative | truthfulness

Annotation

H. offers a definition of performative sentences and a model for the logical analysis of such sentences. Part of the definition is the claim that performatives are true or false and that they are meta-sentences and reflexive sentences.

Reviewed by

Hartnack, Justus. 1963. The performatory use of sentences.