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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| John Langshaw Austin | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
analytic philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ philosopher of language ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | lung cancer ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War II
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Second World War
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1911-03-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1960-02-08 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Balliol College, Oxford
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Shrewsbury School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Austin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
epistemology
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linguistic philosophy ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ
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ordinary language philosophy
philosophy of language ⓘ |
| fullName |
J. L. Austin
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John Langshaw Austin
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| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | H. W. B. Joseph ⓘ |
| influenced |
H. P. Grice
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John Searle ⓘ Stanley Cavell ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ
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ordinary language philosophy
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| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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G. E. Moore ⓘ Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ordinary language analysis
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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
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ordinary language philosophy ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Plea for Excuses
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How to Do Things with Words ⓘ Other Minds ⓘ Sense and Sensibility ⓘ
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Sense and Sensibilia
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| placeOfBirth |
England
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Lancashire ⓘ Lancaster ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
England
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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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John Langshaw Austin