J. L. Austin Quote

Are cans constitutionally iffy? Whenever, that is, we say that we can do something, or could do something, or could have done something, is there an if in the offing--suppressed, it may be, but due nevertheless to appear when we set out our sentence in full or when we give an explanation of its meaning?

Philosophical Papers (ed. Clarendon Press, 1979)

Are cans constitutionally iffy? Whenever, that is, we say that we can do something, or could do something, or could have done something, is there an...

Are cans constitutionally iffy? Whenever, that is, we say that we can do something, or could do something, or could have done something, is there an...

Are cans constitutionally iffy? Whenever, that is, we say that we can do something, or could do something, or could have done something, is there an...

Are cans constitutionally iffy? Whenever, that is, we say that we can do something, or could do something, or could have done something, is there an...