How to do things with words
This work sets out Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, Austin here finally abandons that...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Clarendon
1975, 1975
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| Edition: | 2nd ed., edited by J.O. Urmson and Marina Sbisáa |
| Series: | The William James lectures / The William James lectures
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This work sets out Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for at least the last ten years of his life. Starting from an exhaustive examination of his already well-known distinction between performative utterances and statements, Austin here finally abandons that distinction, replacing it with a more general theory of 'illocutionary forces' of utterances which has important bearings on a wide variety of philosophical problems |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | ix, 169 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191680861 0191680869 |