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Philosophical papers / J.L. Austin ; edited by J.O. Urmson and G.J. Warnock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Austin, J. L. (John Langshaw), 1911-1960, author.
- Series:
- Clarendon Paperbacks
- Clarendon paperbacks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 306 pages).
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1979.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text collects all Austin's published articles plus a new one, ch. 13, hitherto unpublished. The analysis of the ordinary language to clarify philosophical questions is the common element. Topics covered include the nature of knowledge, the doctrine of 'speech acts', 'correspondence theory' and the meaning of 'pretending'.
- Contents:
- Agathón and eydaimonía in the Ethics of Aristotle
- Are there a priori concepts?
- The meaning of a word
- Other minds
- Truth
- How to talk-some simple ways
- Unfair to facts
- A plea for excuses
- Ifs and cans
- Performative utterances
- Pretending
- Three ways of spilling ink
- The line and the cave in Plato's Republic.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611980504
- 1-281-98050-1
- 0-19-151775-5
- OCLC:
- 223160139
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