Austin On Performatives


Συγγραφέας: Tcd Sider


Tcd Sider: Austin On Performatives (pdf, 78K)
I want to discuss a kind 0f utterance which 100ks like a statement and grammatically, I suppose, would be classed as a statement, which is not nonsensical, and yet is not true or false. .. Furthermore, if a person makes an utterance of this sort we should say that he is doing something rather than merely saying something. (p. 137)