Speech Acts, Mind, and Social Reality
Subtitle: Discussions with John R. Searle (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy)
Contributors: G. Grewendorf (Editor); G. Meggle (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781402008535
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Searle, John R; Metaphysics; Sociology; Philosophy Of Language; Sociolinguistics; Language Arts & Disciplines; Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Language; Performative (Philosophy); Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Logic; Philosophy / General; Philosophy / Metaphysics; Philosophy-Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy-Logic; Speech acts (Linguistics); Linguistics
Description: "Speech Acts, Mind, and Social Reality - these are the main topics in the work of John R. Searle, one of the leading philosophical figures of the present times. How language is based on intentionality, how intentionality in turn is to be explicated by means of distinctions discovered in Speech Act Theory, and how language and intentionality are both related to social facts and institutions, these are questions to be tackled in this volume. The contributions result from discussions on and with John R. Searle, containing Searle's own latest views - including his seminal ideas on Rationality in Action.

The collection provides a good basis for advanced seminar debates in Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind and Social Philosophy, and will start some further research on all of the three main topics as well."--Jacket.