During a lecture, the Oxford linguistic philosopher J. L. A… - Sidney Morgenbesser

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During a lecture, the Oxford linguistic philosopher J. L. Austin made the claim that although a in English implies a positive meaning, there is no language in which a double positive implies a negative. Morgenbesser responded in a dismissive tone, "Yeah, yeah."

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(September 22, 1921 – August 1, 2004) was an American philosopher, noted for his wit.

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