Sentence examples for sincere utterance from inspiring English sources
Sincere utterance requires motivation, that's part and parcel of this sort of emotivist theory.
Intuitively, a sincere utterance of (21) would not be an assertion that there are black swans.
Thus, our best theory may determine an ambiguity that is never actually expressed by a sincere utterance of the ambiguous sentence.
However, at a first approximation, we can say that it is the mental activity or content typically expressed by, or manifested in, a sincere utterance of "that's beautiful" in reference to a perceptually presented object.
By contrast, assuming that the concierge believes that a guest does know that the pool will be closed, (9) will not be used to convey information about the pool, only about the attitude of the staff, while a sincere utterance of (10) is an assertion that the pool will be closed, whatever is assumed about the hearer's prior knowledge.
For Davidson this means, among other things, that we take each other's sincere utterances on the whole as true.
Then even if Ann's and Beth's utterances don't contradict one another, they disagree in the sense that it is not possible to simultaneously satisfy the desires entailed by their sincere utterances when they issue a verdict on cannibalism.
The best we can say is that Russell's contextual definitions have the feature that a (sincere, assertive) utterance of the analysans is guaranteed to express the same judgment as the analysandum, if the latter expresses a judgment at all.
In such cases, it might still be fair to say the forgiver was sincere in his utterance, if we understand "I forgive you" to imply the forgiver's commitment to ridding himself of such feelings (Griswold 2007).
The sentiment behind the utterance is undoubtedly a sincere and genuine one, free of any deliberate intent to patronise, but it was patronising nonetheless.
