The Express Knowledge Account of Assertion

Turri, J. (2011). The express knowledge account of assertion. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 89(1), 37–45.

Many philosophers favor the simple knowledge account of assertion, which says you may assert something only if you know it. The simple account is true but importantly incomplete. I defend a more informative thesis, namely, that you may assert something only if your assertion expresses knowledge. I call this ‘the express knowledge account of assertion’.