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Publication details [#9687]

Vendler, Zeno. 1972. Res cogitans: An essay in rational psychology. Cornell UP. viii + 225 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language and thought | performative verb | speech act classification | speech act theory

Annotation

This book on the relationship between speech and thought, word and concept, etc., makes use of and contributes substantially to speech act theory. Amongst other things, it contains a revision of Austin's classification of performative verbs or illocutionary forces.

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Rosenthal, David M. 1976. Review of $Res cogitans: An essay in rational psychology.
Wersch, J. Van. 1976. Review of $Res cogitans: An essay in rational psychology.