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#illocution
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Reading group: J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words
Austin gave these as the William James Lectures at Harvard in 1955, and they were published after his death, in 1962, from his notes. Twelve short lectures. It is one of the most readable classics in philosophy of language, and it has…
Started by Sam Ellery5 replies222 views -
Langton is right: you can be silenced while still being allowed to speak
I teach gender studies in Amsterdam, and every year Rae Langton's 1993 paper "Speech Acts and Unspeakable Acts" changes how some students think about speech. I want to defend its central idea against the objection that it is a clever stretch. The…
Started by Femke Bosman5 replies174 views