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How We Promise Each Other: A Less Cognitively Demanding Scanlonian Account of Promises Through Expressionist Speech Acts

Thiwång, Siri LU (2025) FTEK01 20251
Theoretical Philosophy
Abstract
When an account of promising is too cognitively demanding, it cannot apply to persons who can receive promises but cannot ascribe higher-order mental states to others. Scanlon’s account of promises is such an account. This thesis argues that Scanlon can make his account less cognitively demanding by revising his theory of speech acts. Instead of being an intentionalist, Scanlon should be an expressionist about speech acts.
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author
Thiwång, Siri LU
supervisor
organization
course
FTEK01 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Scanlon, contractualism, speech acts, intentionalism, expressionism, promises, cognitively demanding theories
language
English
id
9194358
date added to LUP
2026-02-03 13:47:19
date last changed
2026-02-03 13:47:19
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  abstract     = {{When an account of promising is too cognitively demanding, it cannot apply to persons who can receive promises but cannot ascribe higher-order mental states to others. Scanlon’s account of promises is such an account. This thesis argues that Scanlon can make his account less cognitively demanding by revising his theory of speech acts. Instead of being an intentionalist, Scanlon should be an expressionist about speech acts.}},
  author       = {{Thiwång, Siri}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{How We Promise Each Other: A Less Cognitively Demanding Scanlonian Account of Promises Through Expressionist Speech Acts}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}