The assertion fallacy ... is the fallacy of confusing the conditions for the performance of the speech act of assertion with the analysis of the meaning of particular words occurring in certain assertions.

The general nature of the speech act fallacy can be stated as follows, using 'good' as our example. Calling something good is characteristically praising or co…

Well, what does 'good' mean anyway...? As Wittgenstein suggested, 'good,' like 'game,' has a family of meanings. Prominent among them is this one: 'meets the c…

Whatever is referred to must exist. Let us call this the axiom of existence.