Speech Acts
An Essay in the Philosophy of Language

This outstandingly clear and lively 1969 book provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.

John R. Searle (Author)

9780521096263, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 January 1969

214 pages
21.6 x 14.1 x 1.6 cm, 0.29 kg

'Written in an outstanding clear and lively style, it provokes its readers to rethink issues they may have regarded as long since settled.' The Times Literary Supplement

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Social & political philosophy [HPS], Philosophy of language [CFA]