J. L. Austin

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J. L. Austin was a British philosopher of language best known for developing speech act theory and for his influential work on ordinary language analysis.

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instanceOf analytic philosopher
human
philosopher
philosopher of language
academicDiscipline philosophy
causeOfDeath lung cancer
conflict World War II
surface form: Second World War
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
dateOfBirth 1911-03-26
dateOfDeath 1960-02-08
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED
Shrewsbury School NERFINISHED
employer University of Oxford NERFINISHED
familyName Austin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork epistemology
linguistic philosophy
metaphysics
analytic philosophy
surface form: ordinary language philosophy

philosophy of language
fullName J. L. Austin self-linksurface differs
surface form: John Langshaw Austin
givenName John
hasAcademicAdvisor H. W. B. Joseph
influenced H. P. Grice
John Searle
Stanley Cavell
analytic philosophy
surface form: ordinary language philosophy
influencedBy Aristotle
G. E. Moore
Ludwig Wittgenstein
knownFor ordinary language analysis
speech act theory
the concept of performative utterances
the distinction between locutionary, illocutionary, and perlocutionary acts
language English
memberOf British Academy
middleName Langshaw
militaryRank lieutenant colonel
movement analytic philosophy
ordinary language philosophy
nationality British
notableWork A Plea for Excuses
How to Do Things with Words
Other Minds
Sense and Sensibility
surface form: Sense and Sensibilia
placeOfBirth England
Lancashire
Lancaster
placeOfDeath England
Oxford
Oxfordshire
positionHeld White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford
servedIn British Army
sexOrGender male
spouse Jean Coutts
workLocation Oxford

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