Symposium on J. L. Austin (Routledge Revivals)

by K.T. Fann

Book Overview

JL Austin (1911-1960) exercised in Post-war Oxford an intellectual authority similar to that of Wittgenstein in Cambridge. Although he completed no books of his own and published only seven papers, Austin became through lectures and talks one of the acknowledged leaders in what is called 'Oxford philosophy' or 'ordinary language philosophy'. Few would dispute that among analytic philosophers Austin stands out as a great and original philosophical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415681200
• ISBN13: 9780415681209
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"