J. L. Austin quotes - page 2

It should be quite clear, then, that there are no criteria to be laid down in general for distinguishing the real from the not real. (J. L. Austin)
A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words.... Statements are made, words or sentences are used. View quote
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Ordinary language embodies the metaphysics of the Stone Age. View quote
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But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of - the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement. View quote
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Faced with the nonsense question "What is the meaning of a word?" View quote
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What is truth? View quote
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J. L. Austin; James Opie Urmson, Geoffrey James Warnock eds. (1979) Philosophical Papers, 3rd ed. New York: Oxford. View quote
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely. View quote
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'What is truth?' said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. View quote
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