'John L. Austin was one of the leading philosophers of the twentieth century. The William James Lectures presented Austin's conclusions in the field to which he directed his main efforts for more than ten years, with important effects on a wide variety of philosophical problems. These talks became the classic How to Do Things with Words.' - from back cover

The lectures printed here were delivered by Austin as the William James Lectures at Harvard University in 1955, which form the basis of his theory of speech acts.


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REF.AUJ
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English

Publication/Creation date

1975

Edition

Second Edition

No of pages

168

ISBN / ISSN

9780674411524

No of copies

1

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Lecture I

Lecture II

Lecture III

Lecture IV

Lecture V

Lecture VI

Lecture VII

Lecture VIII

Lecture IX

Lecture X

Lecture XI

Lecture XII

How to do Things with Words
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