Interpreting J. L. Austin

Critical Essays
Herausgeber: Tsohatzidis, Savas L

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents ten essays examining the content, context and contemporary significance of J. L. Austin's contributions to the philosophy of language, the theory of truth, the philosophy of perception, and the theory of knowledge. This book provides new interpretations of key themes and their reception in the twentieth century and beyond.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9781107565692
• ISBN-10: 1107565693
• Artikelnr.: 57494441

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Savas L. Tsohatzidis
1. Exploring Austin's galaxy: searching for truth through the lens of ordinary language Marga Reimer
2. Levels of linguistic acts and the semantics of saying and quoting Friederike Moltmann
3. On the representation of form and function: imperative sentences Robert Fiengo
4. Uptake in action Maximilian de Gaynesford
5. Performativity and the 'true/false fetish' Savas L. Tsohatzidis
6. The vulnerability of reality: Austin, normativity, and excuses Sandra Laugier
7. Berkeley and Austin on the argument from illusion Robert Schwartz
8. Austin on perception, knowledge and meaning Krista Lawlor
9. Enough is enough: Austin on knowing Guy Longworth
10. Knowledge and knowledge-claims: Austin and beyond Stephen Hetherington
Bibliography
Index.