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Biography : British philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy.
Born: 1911 - Died: 1960
Place of birth: United Kingdom

John Langshaw Austin - Quotes

However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction.
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We speak of people 'taking refuge' in vagueness — the more precise you are, in general the more likely you are to be wrong, whereas you stand a good chance of not being wrong if you make it vague enough.
John Langshaw Austin

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