Saying and Doing

Although other philosophical traditions have always approached the Anglo-Saxon philosophical tradition with a certain distance, the book of JL Austin, who grew up in this tradition, became a "fertile" work that had a great impact not only in philosophy and linguistics, but also in the entire field of social and human sciences. The theory developed in this book, published in 1962, inspired creative studies in many fields, from literary criticism to economics, and was addressed and deepened by thinkers such as Searle, Derrida, Ricoeur, Habermas and Butler. Based on Austin's theory, which can be summarized as "to say something, to do something", Saying and Doing is a classic that should be in the library of everyone interested in philosophy, linguistics and philosophy of language, and literary theory.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Langshaw Austin, English philosopher. He was born in Lancaster in 1911, graduated from Oxford University's Balliol College in 1933, where he studied classical languages, and started his academic life at Oxford University's All Souls' College in the same year. He transferred to Magdelan College in 1935. During the Second World War, he worked in the military intelligence organizations of the British and allied forces and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He returned to his job at Oxford University in 1945. In 1952 he was elected to the university's White Chair in Moral Philosophy, a position he held until his death in 1960.



Number of Pages: 200

Year of Printing: 2009


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

First Print Year: 2009

Number of Pages: 200

Language Turkish