The Philosophy of J. L. Austin

by Richard Sorli

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199219753
• ISBN13: 9780199219759
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"