Practical Inferences

I See my review ofE. W. Hall, What is Value?, in Mind (1954). 2 E.g. B. A. O. Williams, Anal. Supp. (1963), p. 32. I Needless to say, this use of 'cancellation' is quite distinct from that in which some writers have said that the imperative 'Do a' can be 'cancelled' by saying 'You do not have to do a'. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Imperative Sentences....Pages 1-24 Some Alleged Differences between Imperatives and Indicatives....Pages 25-43 Wanting: Some Pitfalls....Pages 44-58 Practical Inferences....Pages 59-73 Meaning and Speech Acts....Pages 74-99 Austin’s Distinction between Locutionary and Illocutionary Acts....Pages 100-116 Back Matter....Pages 117-120