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    It is not the case that Sincerity conditions can be satisfied in assertion without any reflexive intention that belief-formation be grounded in audience recognition of that very intention.

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    • 1.Assertion is constitutively communicative; sincerity requires intending that the audience understand you through recognizing your communicative intent.
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    • 2.Without reflexive intentionality, assertions collapse into mere utterances; the communicative norm distinguishing assertion depends on speaker intention.
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    • 3.If sincerity conditions ignore audience-directed intentions, we cannot distinguish sincere assertions from deceptive utterances that happen to be true.
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    • 1.Sincerity requires only that the speaker believes what they assert, not that they intend any particular cognitive mechanism in the audience.
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    • 2.Gricean reflexive intentions are not necessary conditions for assertion; they describe one sufficient way assertions can work, not the only way.
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    • 3.A speaker can sincerely assert 'I'm tired' without consciously intending that the hearer form belief via recognition of this very intention.
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