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Why is saying “I promise” not true or false, like other sentences?
I finished school this year and I am reading philosophy on my own before university. I found an idea I don't fully understand. The book says that when I tell my mother "I promise I'll be home by ten", I am not…
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Reading group: J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words
Austin gave these as the William James Lectures at Harvard in 1955, and they were published after his death, in 1962, from his notes. Twelve short lectures. It is one of the most readable classics in philosophy of language, and it has…
Started by Sam Ellery5 replies222 views