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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.

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I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
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J. L. Austin

J. L. Austin

Born: March 26, 1911
Died: February 8, 1960 (aged 48)
Bio: John Langshaw "J. L." Austin was a British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, perhaps best known for developing the theory of speech acts.
Known for:
  1. How to Do Things with Words
  2. Sense and Sensibilia
  3. Philosophical Papers
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