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Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language

by John R. Searle

ISBN13: 9780521096263
ISBN10: 052109626X

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Written in an outstandingly clear and lively style, it provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.

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.

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ISBN:: 9780521096263
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 01/01/1970
Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Language:: English
Pages:: 214
Height:: .63IN
Width:: 5.54IN
Thickness:: .63 in.
LCCN:: 68024484
Number of Units:: 1
Copyright Year:: 1969
UPC Code:: 2800521096265
Author:: John R Searle
Author:: John R. Searle
Subject:: Philosophy
Subject:: PHILOSOPHY / Logic
Subject:: Semantics (philosophy)
Subject:: Speech acts (Linguistics)
Subject:: General Philosophy