Speech Acts: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language

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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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Philosophy and Theoretical Science Classical Philosophy and Thought Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications

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Publication Details

Volume 4, Issue 1

DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139173438

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