This paper argues, contra J. L. Austin, that a performative utterance like “I hereby name this ship the Generalissimo Stalin” has truth conditions. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this 1979 paper that draws a parallel between baseball and conversation.
ANSWER: “Scorekeeping in a Language Game”
[10m] “Scorekeeping in a Language Game” is by this philosopher, whose other contributions to the philosophy of language include the book Counterfactuals.
ANSWER: David Lewis [or David Kellogg Lewis]
[10e] Lewis borrowed the concept of a “language game” from this philosopher, who described a language game based on the words “block,” “slab,” “pillar,” and “beam.”
ANSWER: Ludwig Wittgenstein [or Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein]
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