Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap. This innovative collection addresses such themes as: the relation between the concept of truth and the success conditions of assertions and kindred speech acts the linguistic devices of expressing the truth of a proposition the relation between predication and truth.

Whereas the relationship between truth and propositional content has already been intensively investigated, there are only very few studies devoted to the task of illuminating the relationship between truth and illocutionary acts. This book fills that gap.

This innovative collection addresses such themes as:

• the relation between the concept of truth and the success conditions of assertions and kindred speech acts
• the linguistic devices of expressing the truth of a proposition
• the relation between predication and truth.

Was ist Wahrheit? Zufolge welcher Standards erkennt man, was wahr oder falsch ist? Wie lassen sich derartige Kriterien rechtfertigen? Die vornehmlich durch die Wende zur Sprache und die Ausbildung einer Metatheorie der analytischen Wissenschaften gepragte neuere Erorterung dieser Hauptfragen zur Wahrheit fuhrt auf Vorfragen: Von welchen Gebilden sagen wir in welcher Weise, sie seien wahr oder falsch? Was sind und was leisten Definitionen, Kriterien, Regeln, Bedingungen der Wahrheit und Falschheit? Die vorliegende Schrift entfaltet einen systematischen Rahmen, in dem die Vorfragen zur Wahrheit beantwortet und die Hauptfragen in neuer Weise organisiert werden."