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'''''Sense and Sensibilia''''' is a landmark 1962 work of [[ordinary language philosophy]] by [[J. L. Austin]], Professor of [[Philosophy]] at the [[University of Oxford]]. Austin attacks [[sense data]] theories of [[perception]], specifically those of [[Alfred Ayer|A. J. Ayer]].

The book was published posthumously having been reconstructed from Austin's manuscript notes by fellow Oxford philosopher [[G. J. Warnock|Geoffrey Warnock]]. Austin's first lectures, which formed the basis for the manuscript, were delivered at Oxford in Trinity Term 1947 under the general title "Problems in Philosophy".<ref name=Sens/> 

''[[The Guardian]]'' described it as: "...&nbsp;a philosophical classic... Mr Warnock has performed his task in a way that is quite remarkable. His brilliant editing puts everybody who is concerned with philosophical problems in his debt."<ref name=Sens>''Sense and Sensibilia'', 1962, (ed. [[G. J. Warnock]], Oxford, [[Oxford University Press]]. {{ISBN|0 19 824579 3}} (Foreword and cover blurb)</ref> "[[Trouser-word]]" comes from Sense and Sensibilia.

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