Philosophers of language traditionally reflect on the relationship between language and reality along with the truth or falsity of utterances and propositions. Despite some intimations in the work of earlier authors, especially G. Frege (“Der Gedanke,” 1918) and Adolf Reinach (“Die apriorischen Grundlagen des bürgerlichen Rechts,” 1913), it remained for L. Wittgenstein (Philosophische Untersuchungen, 1953; ET: Philosophical Investigations, 2001 [bilingual]) and John Langshaw Austin (How To Do Things with Words, 1962) to formulate the insight that …
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Kober, Michael, “Speech Act”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_025691>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013
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