dc.contributor |
Háskóli Íslands |
dc.contributor |
University of Iceland |
dc.contributor.author |
Harris, Daniel W. |
dc.contributor.author |
Unnsteinsson, Elmar |
dc.date.accessioned |
2020-08-12T12:49:21Z |
dc.date.available |
2020-08-12T12:49:21Z |
dc.date.issued |
2017-12-05 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Daniel W. Harris & Elmar Unnsteinsson (2018) Wittgenstein’s influence on Austin’s philosophy of language, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 26:2, 371-395, DOI:10.1080/09608788.2017.1396958 |
dc.identifier.issn |
0960-8788 |
dc.identifier.issn |
1469-3526 (eISSN) |
dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1981 |
dc.description |
Post-print (lokagerð höfundar) |
dc.description.abstract |
Many philosophers have assumed, without argument, that Wittgenstein influenced Austin. More often, however, this is vehemently denied, especially by those who knew Austin personally. We compile and assess the currently available evidence for Wittgenstein’s influence on Austin’s philosophy of language. Surprisingly, this has not been done before in any detail. On the basis of both textual and circumstantial evidence we show that Austin’s work demonstrates substantial engagement with Wittgenstein’s later philosophy. In particular, Austin’s 1940 paper, ‘The Meaning of a Word’, should be construed as a direct response to and development of ideas he encountered in Wittgenstein’s Blue Book. Moreover, we argue that Austin’s mature speech-act theory in How to Do Things with Words was also significantly influenced by Wittgenstein. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
The authors acknowledge the support of the Icelandic Centre for Research (163132-051) and Elmar acknowledges the support of the Irish Research Council (GOIPD/2016/186) while working on parts of this article. |
dc.format.extent |
371-395 |
dc.language.iso |
en |
dc.publisher |
Informa UK Limited |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
British Journal for the History of Philosophy;26(2) |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Philosophy |
dc.subject |
Wittgenstein |
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Speech-act theory |
dc.subject |
Philosophy of language |
dc.subject |
Austin |
dc.subject |
Heimspeki |
dc.subject |
Tungumál |
dc.title |
Wittgenstein’s influence on Austin’s philosophy of language |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dcterms.license |
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in British Journal for the History of Philosophy on 5. Dec 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09608788.2017.1396958. |
dc.description.version |
Peer reviewed |
dc.identifier.journal |
British Journal for the History of Philosophy |
dc.identifier.doi |
10.1080/09608788.2017.1396958 |
dc.relation.url |
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09608788.2017.1396958 |
dc.contributor.department |
Heimspekistofnun (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.department |
The Institute of Philosophy (UI) |
dc.contributor.school |
Hugvísindasvið (HÍ) |
dc.contributor.school |
School of Humanities (UI) |