Speech act theory and the multiple aims of science

I draw on speech act theory to understand the speech acts appropriate to the multiple aims of scientific practice and the role of nonepistemic values in evaluating speech acts made relative to those aims. First, I consider work that distinguishes explanatory speech acts from descriptive speech acts...

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Main Author: Franco, P.L (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Chicago Press 2019
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