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J.L. Austin quotes: 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.

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 quotes: Ordinary language embodies the metaphysics of the Stone Age.

Ordinary language embodies the metaphysics of the Stone Age.

J.L. Austin quotes: Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things?

Why should it not be the whole function of a word to denote many things?

J.L. Austin quotes: Fact is richer than diction.

Fact is richer than diction.

J.L. Austin quotes: ...the philosopher's professional addiction to furniture...

...the philosopher's professional addiction to furniture...

J.L. Austin quotes: I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels.

I feel ruefully sure, also, that one must be at least one sort of fool to rush in over ground so well trodden by the angels.

J.L. Austin quotes: It is not enough to show how clever we are by showing how obscure everything is".

It is not enough to show how clever we are by showing how obscure everything is".

J.L. Austin quotes: Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.

Usually it is uses of words, not words in themselves, that are properly called vague.

J.L. Austin quotes: A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words ... Statements are made, words or sentences are used.

A sentence is made up of words, a statement is made in words ... Statements are made, words or sentences are used.

J.L. Austin quotes: Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.

Going back into the history of a word, very often into Latin, we come back pretty commonly to pictures or models of how things happen or are done.

J.L. Austin quotes: Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.

Infelicity is an ill to which all acts are heir which have the general character of ritual or ceremonial, all conventional acts.

J.L. Austin quotes: Sentences are not as such either true or false.

Sentences are not as such either true or false.

J.L. Austin quotes: The theory of truth is a series of truisms.

The theory of truth is a series of truisms.

J.L. Austin quotes: There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.

There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.

J.L. Austin quotes: Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing.

Certainly ordinary language has no claim to be the last word, if there is such a thing.