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Publication details [#857]

Ardal, Pall S. 1968. And that's a promise. The Philosophical Quarterly 18 : 225–237.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

obligation | performative | promising

Journal WWW

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Annotation

A. argues that ordinary promises are statements of intention made under certain specifiable conditions, that the performative utterance 'I promise' is unnecessary for the practice of promises, and that in a widely accepted sense of 'prima facie obligation' there is no such obligation to keep promises.

Reviewed by

New, C.G. 1969. Ardal on promises as statements.