If I regard you as a borderline case of 'tall man', I cannot sincerely assert that you are tall and I cannot sincerely assert that you are of average height.
The same is true for philosophers of language when they say that a normal speaker, on reflection, sincerely asserts 'A' only if she believes that A (Kripke 1979).
For instance, someone may sincerely assert that John walked slowly, without being aware that he has committed himself to the existence of an event (namely a walking which was by John and which was slow).
"This is a moment for us straight Muslims to aggressively and sincerely assert our solidarity with the LGBT community, not for sake of politics, talking points and expedient alliances, but around shared values and visions of creating an America where no one is hazed, victimized, brutalized or murdered simply for 'being.'being
"I believe this is a moment for us straight Muslims to aggressively and sincerely assert our solidarity with the LGBT community, not for sake of politics, talking points and expedient alliances, but around shared values and visions of creating an America where no one is hazed, victimized, brutalized or murdered simply for 'being,'" Ali wrote on Facebook.
The press issue I found fraught, because I had people I respected and admired who were sincerely thinking what I was asserting was nonsense.
The Supreme Court has ruled that tax deniers can demonstrate the absence of criminal intent by asserting that they "sincerely believe" that they are not required to pay taxes, although they cannot escape the levies.
But, roughly speaking, according to Maher a person accepts P if she asserts P sincerely (or would be prepared to assert P sincerely).
If so, his utterance is an act of verbal participation in the game on which it comments, a fiction-generating move in the game under the rules: going through the motions of asserting that Juliet is the sun will fictionally count as sincerely and truthfully asserting this very thing.
While he has the advantage of being the underdog who gains by looking equal to the President, how does he explain holding exactly the opposite position on everything he now asserts so sincerely?
Perhaps Romeo's game is such that in going through the motions of asserting that Juliet is the sun, he renders it fictional that he does assert this and does so sincerely and truthfully.
