A Condition on Plausible Inducements | Zendy

Samuel Fillenbaum | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

A Condition on Plausible Inducements

Author(s) -

Samuel Fillenbaum

Publication year - 1977

Publication title -

language and speech

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.713

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 1756-6053

pISSN - 0023-8309

DOI - 10.1177/002383097702000205

Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , positive economics , incentive , relation (database) , psychology , epistemology , social psychology , economics , cognitive psychology , philosophy , microeconomics , mathematics , computer science , statistics , database

Searle's analysis of categorial promises is extended to the case of conditional promises and threats (inducements), and a condition on the pragmatic plausibility of inducements is spelled out in terms of the relation between the value/cost of the act being requested or forbidden and the value/cost of the incentive being offered. Some data comprised of judgments as to the ordinariness/strangeness of a number of different sorts of inducement statements are presented to show that subjects are sensitive to the felicity condition suggested.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research