Performativity
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The Effects of Performative Speech Acts
The concept of performative speech acts has been very important because it broadens our understanding of language beyond just the truth and falsity distinction. It shows us how language actually acts on the world, rather than just describing the world. A lot of philosophers of language think of language as mirror that reflects truth, but austin thinks it's a hammer with which you do things. And so the question is what can we do with this hammer?
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