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How to do things with words (The William James lectures) by J. L. Austin is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is How to do things with words (The William James lectures) about?
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.
Who reads How to do things with words (The William James lectures)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- J. L. Austin
- Publisher
- Oxford [Eng.]: Clarendon Press
- Published
- 1975
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191680861
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Fiction
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