Moorean Absurdity and the Intentional 'Structure' of Assertion
Michael Welbourne [8] thinks he has a better account of Moorean assertion than O. R. Jones [4] or Thomas Baldwin [1]. All three are wrong, but not for the sometimes mistaken reasons given in the debate. Each tries to explain Moorean assertion in terms of 'the intentional structure of assertion' ([1], p. 230). But there is no intentional structure common to all types of assertion. Moorean assertion is better explained in terms of the hearer of an assertion.