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Publication details [#7416]

Parry, Gerant. 1967. Performative utterances and obligations in Hobbes. The Philosophical Quarterly 17 : 246–254.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
obligation | performative | promising
Person as a subject
Austin, J.L. | Hobbes, T.
Journal WWW
www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/phiq

Annotation

An attempt to clarify Hobbes' concept of obligation through a comparison with J.L. Austin's account of promises as performative utterances.

Reviewed by

Bell, David R. 1969. What Hobbes does with words.
Leyden, W. Von. 1973. Parry on performatives and obligation in Hobbes.