The verification theory of meaning states that every utterance has a truth value. This could suffer from the descriptive fallacy in sentences which could not contain any truth value such as "I do" given by Austin on page 235. The phrase "I do" contains no truth value since it doesn't describe some fact or opinion and thus contains no truth value, so it demonstrates how these theories can suffer from the descriptive fallacy.
Austin makes a new classification of utterances called performative which instead of classifying sentences as true or false, they are described as being happy and unhappy depending on actions instead of descriptions, and these are what determine meaning instead of their truth value. Since a sentence will have meaning regardless of truth value, it is closer to how language is actually used since not everything uttered needs to have a truth value like commands and promises.
What I am wondering is if a statement like "I will jump without leaving the ground" since contradictory would be an unhappy performative and thus be false when it doesn't happen or will this be a nonsense statement and thus have no meaning?
I like how you wrote about the action-type phrases and how they have no truth value. I agree that is an important aspect to bring up with this discussion. I also agree that Austin's new classification of utterances is closer to how we really communicate in every day language. This is simply because not everything we utter has a truth value, and performative utterances accommodates this fact. I like the question you brought up because it really makes us think about the bounds of Austin's classification of utterances. This is a great question to think about with this discussion. Overall, great post!
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