Interpreting J. L. Austin - Critical Essays

This book presents fresh perspectives on the context and significance of Austin's philosophies of language, truth, perception, and knowledge.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Savas L. Tsohatzidis is Professor of General Linguistics and the Philosophy of Language at Aristotle University, Thessaloniki. His previous publications include John Searle's Philosophy of Language: Force, Meaning, and Mind (Cambridge, 2007) and Intentional Acts and Institutional Facts: Essays on John Searle's Social Ontology (2007).

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Savas Tsohatzidis, Savas L. Tsohatzidis, Savas L. (Aristotle University Tsohatzidis
• Assisted by: Savas Tsohatzidis (Editor), Savas L. Tsohatzidis (Editor), Savas L. (Aristotle University Tsohatzidis (Editor), Tsohatzidis Savas L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9781107125902
• ISBN: 978-1-107-12590-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -