The Philosophy of J. L. Austin

Martin Gustafsson, Richard Sørli (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

252 Seiten

2011
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-921975-9 (ISBN)

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This is the first major study of J. L. Austin's philosophy in decades. Leading philosophers show the relevance of his work to current debates including scepticism and contextualism, the epistemology of testimony, and the semantics/pragmatics distinction. They demonstrate why Austin's work is of continuing value and interest to philosophers today

These new essays on J. L. Austin's philosophy constitute the first major study of his thought in decades. Eight leading philosophers join together to present a fresh evaluation of his distinctive work, showing how it can be brought to bear on issues at the top of today's philosophical agenda, such as scepticism and contextualism, the epistemology of testimony, the generality of the conceptual, and the viability of the semantics/pragmatics distinction. The contributors offer in-depth interpretations of Austin's views and demonstrate why his work deserves a more central place in mainstream philosophical discussion than it currently has. The volume also contains a substantial introduction that situates Austin's thought in its original intellectual milieu and provides an overview of the many different ways in which his ideas have influenced later developments, in philosophy and elsewhere.

Martin Gustafsson is Professor of Philosophy at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. His chief research interests are in the philosophy of language, the philosophy of action, philosophical methodology, and the history of analytic philosophy. He has published papers on Austin, Cavell, Davidson, Hacking, McDowell, Quine, Rawls, Wittgenstein, and others. ; Richard Sørli is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, University of Bergen, Norway. His research interests centre on philosophy of language, early analytic philosophy, and political philosophy. He has published papers on Wittgenstein, Cavell, Frege, Heidegger, and Carnap.

1. Introduction: Inheriting Austin ; 2. Unmasking the Tradition ; 3. Tales of the Unknown: Austin and the Argument from Ignorance ; 4. Austin, Dreams, and Scepticism ; 5. Believing what the Man Says about his own Feelings ; 6. Knowing Knowing (that Such and Such) ; 7. Truth and Merit ; 8. 'There's Many a Slip between Cup and Lip': Dimension and Negation in Austin

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2011
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 240 mm
Gewicht	550 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-19-921975-3 / 0199219753
ISBN-13	978-0-19-921975-9 / 9780199219759
Zustand	Neuware