How To Do Things With Words
Published on 25. June 2020
122 pages
978-1-83974-572-0 (ISBN)
Description
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 on a wide variety of philosophical problems. These talks became the classic How to Do Things with Words. For this second edition, the editors have returned to Austin's original lecture notes, amending the printed text where it seemed necessary. Students will find the new text clearer, and, at the same time, more faithful to the actual lectures. An appendix contains literal transcriptions of a number of marginal notes made by Austin but not included in the text. Comparison of the text with these annotations provides new dimensions to the study of Austin's work.-Print ed.
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Content
- Intro
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITOR'S PREFACE
- LECTURE I
- PRELIMINARY ISOLATION OF THE PERFORMATIVE
- CAN SAYING MAKE IT SO?
- LECTURE II
- LECTURE III
- A. 1
- A. 2. The particular persons and circumstances in a given case must be appropriate for the invocation of the particular procedure invoked.
- ?. 1. The procedure must be executed by all participants correctly.
- B. 2. The procedure must be executed by all participants completely.
- LECTURE IV
- 1. Feelings
- 2. Thoughts
- 3. Intentions
- 1. Entails
- 2. Implies
- 3. Presupposes
- 1. Entails
- 2. Implies
- 3. Presupposes
- Implies
- Presupposition
- LECTURE V
- LECTURE VI
- 1. Mood
- 2. Tone of voice, cadence, emphasis
- 3. Adverbs and adverbial phrases
- 4. Connecting particles
- 5. Accompaniments of the utterance
- 6. The circumstances of the utterance
- LECTURE VII
- LECTURE VIII
- LECTURE IX
- B. THE NEED TO DISTINGUISH 'CONSEQUENCES'
- LECTURE X
- LECTURE XI
- LECTURE XII
- 1. VERDICTIVES
- Comparison with exercitives
- Comparison with commissives
- Comparison with behabitives
- Comparison with expositives
- 2. EXERCITIVES
- Comparison with verdictives
- Comparison with commissives
- Comparison with behabitives
- Comparison with expositives
- 3. COMMISSIVES
- Comparison with verdictives
- Comparison with exercitives
- Comparison with behabitives
- Comparison with expositives
- 4. BEHABITIVES
- 5. EXPOSITIVES
- APPENDIX
