Philosophy Quotes

"How to do things with words."

"The total speech act in the total speech situation is the only actual phenomenon which, in the last resort, we are engaged in studying."

"A philosophical argument is a kind of linguistic performance."

"In the beginning was the word, but words are always spoken by someone."

"Speech is an act, not merely sounds."

"Misunderstanding need not always mean misheard."

"The riddle does not exist."

"We have been bewitched by language."

"Language is the vehicle of thought."

"We are still thinking of a language as it might be."

"A proposition is a picture of reality."

"Clarity is the goal of all philosophy."

"All that philosophy can do is to destroy idols."

"The words do not speak for themselves."

"The self is not found in the world."

"The proposition is a picture of a possible fact."

"The task of philosophy is to work on ourselves."

"Facts arrange themselves in propositions."

"The philosopher is a therapist."

"Language is a labyrinth of paths."

"The general form of the proposition is a variable."

"All confusion disappears if we understand the grammar of our words."

"The world is not fixed by facts alone."

"The picture holds us captive."

"Language is the universal medium of hermeneutics."

"To speak is to act in the world."

"The mind is not transparent to itself; we don't have direct access to our own mental processes."

"Intentionality is the mark of the mental; thoughts are always about something."

"The problem of other minds is not solved by introspection alone."

"The explanatory gap between physical processes and conscious experience remains unsolved."