Publications

Publication details [#8715]

Searle, John R. 1969. Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language. Cambridge University Press. 203 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
constitutive vs. regulative rule | definite description | description | illocution | is-ought derivation | naturalistic fallacy | philosophy of language | predication | proper name | proposition | reference | speech act | speech act theory | utterance

Annotation

S. distinguishes utterance acts, propositional acts (reference and predication) and illocutionary acts (e.g. promising, questioning, etc.), which can all be present in a single total speech act. He offers a method for formulating rules for the performance of illocutionary acts and the acts of referring and predicating. The insights gained in that way are applied to the following philosophical problems: the naturalistic fallacy, the speech act fallacy, the assertion fallacy, the theory of descriptions, proper names, and how to derive 'ought' from 'is'.

Reviewed by

Apel, Karl-Otto. 1976. Sprechakttheorie und transzendentale Sprachpragmatik zur Frage ethischer Normen. In Apel, Karl-Otto, ed. Sprachpragmatik und Philosophie. Suhrkamp. pp. 10–173.
White, Alan R. 1969. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Apel, Karl-Otto. 1979. Sprechakttheorie und Begründung ethischer Normen: J.R. Searle's Versuch einer Ableitung des Sollens aus dem Sein im Lichte einer transzendentale Sprachpragmatik. In Lorenz, Kuno, ed. Konstruktionen versus Positionen: Beiträge zur Diskussion um die konstruktive Wissenschaftstheorie. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 37–106.
Gandhi, Ramchandra. 1973. A false lead in the philosophy of language.
Ginsberg, Mitchell. 1971. How to say it and mean it.
Sloman, Aaron. 1969. Transformations of illocutionary acts.
Linsky, Leonard. 1972. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Stewart, John. 1971. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Zemach, Eddy H. 1971. Ought, is, and a game called 'promise'.
Imlay, Robert A. 1970. Searle on analyticity.
Blakenship, J. 1970. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Carter, W.R. 1973. On promising the unwanted.
Colter, L.W. 1971. John Searle's 'Speech Acts'.
Siertsema, Berthe. 1973. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Bonney, W.L. 1970. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Perry, Thomas D. 1974. A refutation of Searle's ammended 'is-ought' argument.
Anderson, James C. 1974. A note on Searle's naturalistic fallacy fallacy.
Pak, Ty. 1974. Searle's illocutionary fallacies.
Rosaldo, M.Z. 1974. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Boër, Steven E. 1972. On Searle's analysis of reference.
Cooper, David E. 1972. Searle on intentions and reference.
Alston, William P. 1970. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Genova, A.C. 1973. Searle's use of 'ought'.
Peetz, Vera. 1972. Propositional content.
Brown, Norman J.P. 1970. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Koller, Alice. 1970. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Campbell, B.G. 1974. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Cherry, Christopher. 1973. Regulative rules and constitutive rules.
Jaggar, Alison. 1974. It does not matter whether we can derive 'ought' from 'is'.
Holborow, Les. 1971. The commitment fallacy.
Clark, Michael. 1971. Description and speech acts.
Blackburn, Simon. 1972. Searle on descriptions.
Fraser, Bruce. 1974. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Holborow, Les. 1972. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.
Richards, Barry. 1971. Searle on meaning and speech acts.
Cohen, L. Jonathan. 1970. Searle's theory of speech acts.
Stati, Sorin. 1977. Review of $Speech acts: An essay in the philosophy of language.

Translations

. 1976. Atti linguistici: Saggio di filosofia del linguaggio. Boringhieri.
. 1977. Taalhandelingen: Een taalfilosofisch essay. Het Spectrum.

Reprints

Corner, John and Jeremy Hawthorn. 1980. Expressions, meaning and speech acts. In Corner, John and Jeremy Hawthorn, eds. Communication studies: An introductory reader. E. Arnold. pp. 80–83.
Steinberg, Danny D. and Leon A. Jakobovits. 1971. The problem of proper names. In Steinberg, Danny D. and Leon A. Jakobovits, eds. Semantics: An interdisciplinary reader in philosophy, linguistics and psychology. Cambridge University Press. pp. 134–141.
Petöfi, Janos S. and Dorothea Franck. 1973. Proper names. In Petöfi, Janos S. and Dorothea Franck, eds. Präsuppositionen in Philosophie und Linguistik. Athenäum Verlag. pp. 159–171.