biography
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Austin, J(ohn) L(angshaw)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1911–60)
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| biography:
| Philosopher, born in Lancaster, Lancashire, NW England, UK. He studied at Oxford, where he was a leading figure in the Oxford Philosophy movement, and became professor there in 1952. His distinctive contribution was the meticulous examination of ordinary linguistic usage to resolve philosophical perplexities, pioneering the analysis of speech acts. His best-known works are Philosophical Papers (1961), Sense and Sensibilia (1962), and How to Do Things with Words (1962). |
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