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Pill Pod 50 - Performativity & Performative Utterance (Preview)

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The Analytical Philosophy of Language

The word of the day is performative utterance. It's a fundamentally sort of creative approach to language. When you say something like, i promise that i will be there to morrow, for instance, right? You're creating a new state of affairs. And eric i wonder if you can kick us off by giving us a cursory look at how this works.

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