It may justly be urged that, properly speaking, what alone … - John Langshaw Austin

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It may justly be urged that, properly speaking, what alone has meaning is a sentence.

John Langshaw Austin

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John Langshaw Austin (28 March 1911 – 8 February 1960) was an English philosopher of language and speech theorist, remembered primarily as the developer of the theory of .

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Alternative Names: J. L. Austin

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Sentences are not as such either true or false.

'What is truth?' said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.

Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.

It may justly be urged that, properly speaking, what alone has meaning is a sentence. - John Langshaw Austin

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