Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language

ISBN-13: 9780521096263 / Angielski / Miękka / 1969 / 214 str.

John R Searle

Opis

This outstandingly clear and lively 1969 book provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.

Recenzje

'Written in an outstanding clear and lively style, it provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.' The Times Literary Supplement

Spis treści

Part I. A Theory of Speech Acts: 1. Methods and scope; 2. Expressions, meaning and speech acts; 3. The structure of illocutionary acts; 4. Reference as a speech act; 5. Predication; Part II. Some Applications of the Theory: 6. Three fallacies in contemporary philosophy; 7. Problems of reference; 8. Deriving 'ought' from 'is'; Index.