17 Searle's felicity conditions for promising (1969)

1.

Normal input and output conditions obtain.

2.

S expresses the proposition that p in the utterance of T.

3.

In expression that p, S predicates a future act A of S.

4.

H would prefer S's doing A to his not doing A, and S believes H would prefer his doing A to his not doing A..

5.

It is not obvious to both S and H that S will do A in the normal course of events.

6.

S intends to do A.

7.

S intends that the utterance of T will place him under an obligation to do A.

8.

S intends (i-1) to produce in H the knowledge (K) that the utterance of T is to count as placing S under an obligation to do A. S intends to produce K by means of the recognition of i-1k, and he intends i-1 to be recognized in virtue of (by means of) H's knowledge of the meaning of T.

9.

The semantical rules of the dialect spoken by S and H are such that T is correctly and sincerely uttered if and only if conditions 1-8 obtain.