Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language
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.
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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.
