How to Do Things with Words

The William James Lectures delivered in Harvard University in 1955

J L Austin author J O Urmson editor Marina Sbisà editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Published:2nd Dec '76

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How to Do Things with Words cover

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.

ISBN: 9780192812056

Dimensions: 196mm x 130mm x 13mm

Weight: 210g

192 pages

2nd Revised edition