J. L. Austin: Language

J. L. Austin was English philosopher. Explore interesting quotes on language.

J. L. Austin: 46 quotes1 like

“Ordinary language blinkers the already feeble imagination.”

Source: Philosophical Papers (1979), p. 68.

“Ordinary language is not the last word: in principle it can everywhere be supplemented and improved upon and superseded. Only remember, it is the first word.”

Source: Philosophical Papers (1979), p. 185.

“However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction.”

Source: Philosophical Papers (1979), p. 195.

“Let us distinguish between acting intentionally and acting deliberately or on purpose, as far as this can be done by attending to what language can teach us.”

Source: Philosophical Papers (1979), p. 273.