A promise is an example of a speech act. Is there a broader term encompassing nonverbal judgements? For example, consider a domain where objective measures of a property are vague or nonexistent; a thing has that property if it is deemed to have it by enough, or authoritative, members of the domain's community.
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Are you asking if reality is constructed by social consensus in ways other than a verbal and articulate and performative speech act?– J DJun 30 at 2:58
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You need an example or two.– David GudemanJun 30 at 3:21
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Consider the rubber/steel wheel schism amongst Mennonites. Though there are some rules for determining if rubber tires are kosher (pardon the term), ultimately it is a status conferred.– davidgJun 30 at 3:46
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Can you write please an example of a "nonverbal judgement"?– Mauro ALLEGRANZAJun 30 at 5:32
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Vague or fuzzy property.– Mauro ALLEGRANZAJun 30 at 5:32
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