An imagined likeness of J. L. Austin, drawn from contemporary accounts and later engravings.
John Langshaw Austin (26 March 1911 – 8 February 1960) was an English philosopher of language and leading proponent of ordinary language philosophy, best known for developing the theory of speech acts.
“Speech acts” — a single phrase that gathers the spirit of the work.
Principal Contributions
- 01.Speech actsA concept central to J.'s thought.
- 02.performative utteranceA concept central to J.'s thought.
- 03.descriptive fallacyA concept central to J.'s thought.
- 04.linguistic phenomenologyA concept central to J.'s thought.