Symposium on J. L. Austin (Routledge Revivals)

K T Fann

Part 1: General Introduction 1. John Langshaw Austin, a Biographical Sketch (GL Warnock) 2. Austin’s Philosophy (JO Urmson) 3. JL Austin, 1911-1960 (Stuart Hampshire with comments by Urmson and Warnock) 4. An Original Philosopher (David Pears) 5. Austin at Criticism (Stanley Cavell) 6. A Symposium on Austin’s Method (JO Urmson, WVO Quine and Stuart Hampshire) Part 2: Philosophical Papers 7. Austin’s Philosophical Papers (Roderick M Chisholm) 8. Austin’s Philosophy of Action (LW Forguson) 9. A Plea for Linguistics (CG New) 10. Ifs and Cans (PH Nowell-Smith) 11. Austin on abilities (Irving Thalberg) 12. Assertions and Aberrations (John R Searle) 13. Mentioning the Unmentionable (Alan R White) Part 3: Sense and Sensibilia 14. A Critical Study of Sense and Sensibilia (RJ Hirst) 15. Austin’s Argument from Illusion (Roderick Firth) 16. ‘Real’ (Jonathan Bennett) 17. Has Austin Refuted Sense-data? (AJ Ayer) 18. Has Ayer Vindicated the Sense-datum Theory? (LW Forgoson) 19. Rejoinder to Professor Forgosson (AJ Ayer) Part 4: How to do Things with Words 20. Critical Review of How to do Things with Words (Walter Cerf) 21. Intention and Convention in Speech Acts (PF Strawson) 22. Austin on Performatives (Max Black) 23. In Pursuit of Performatives (LW Forgoson) 24. Do Illocutionary Forces Exist? (L Jonathan Cohen) 25. Meaning and Illocutionary Force (Mats Furberg)