by John L. Austin · Ediciones Paidós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475091419
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«Cómo hacer cosas con palabras» is John L. Austin's essay on the philosophy of language, published by Ediciones Paidós in hardcover (224 pages, in Spanish).
A classic work on the philosophy of language that collects Austin's lectures at Harvard University, the William James Lectures. The author analyzes performative expressions —utterances that do not describe but do something—, introduces the notion of illocutionary force and develops the theory of speech acts. He defends attention to ordinary language as a philosophical method and proposes a science of language freed from the tutelage of philosophy, with scope also for communication, semantics, linguistics and the philosophy of law.
The volume belongs to the Básica collection, number 1. The 1982 edition was prepared from notes by J. O. Urmson. John L. Austin (1911-1960) was a British philosopher, a relevant figure in the philosophy of language.
Aimed at students and readers interested in the philosophy of language, linguistics, semantics and communication theory.
