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Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (ePub eBook)


Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (ePub eBook)

eBook by Searle, John R.

Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (ePub eBook)

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ISBN:
9781107263406
Publication Date:
02 Jan 1969
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pages:
214 pages
Format:
eBook
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Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (ePub eBook)

Description

Written in an outstandingly clear and lively style, this 1969 book provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.

Contents

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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