Ep. 252: Habermas on Communication as Sociality (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Perlocutionary Effects of Speech Acts
I want to distinguish between perlocutionary effects, which arise in the meaning of the speech act. When you make a request of someone, their understanding and acceptance of that is an elocutionary effect. But them actually complying with that request is a perlocutionsary effect. I think we could probably learn more from people like my German mom who made me understand when I was a kid.
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