PSYC 3P32 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Paul Grice, John Searle, Intentionality
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The purpose of a verbal statement is to: describe a state of affairs, philosophers have argued that a verbal statement does more than just describe the state of affairs, ex. It can be used to manipulate the beliefs of others: state facts which must be objectively verifiable, philosophers have argued that this is not always the purpose of a verbal statement. Austin (1962) how to do things with words. Not only describe reality but also impact reality. Language is made up of speech acts that serve different social functions. His proposal was expanded by others into speech act theories. John searle (196) intentionality: paul grice (1980) conventionality. Both advocated 2 different but important lines on analyses on speech acts. 5 factors must be considered: the factuality: whether the statement is reflective of reality. I may say (cid:498)wow, that was a great performance(cid:499) the literal meaning is.
