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This paper follows on from Austin’s search for a definition of performatives, both from a linguistic as well as a pragmatic point of view. In the first chapter we attempt to describe and examine performative verbs, or performative... more
Here I bewail the slapdash and confusing way in which philosophers bandy about the word ‘incoherent’ (and ‘incoherence’ and ‘incoherently’). To some it appears to mean: inconsistent; to others: pragmatically self-defeating; and to yet... more
По специальности 09.00.03 - История философии. Томск, Изд-во ТГУ, 2016. - 33 с.
Le problème des other minds est généralement posé de la manière suivante : à quel genre de connaissance pouvons-nous prétendre au sujet de l’esprit et des expériences d’autrui ? La réponse traditionnelle est habituellement formulée dans... more
Tous les juristes connaissent la distinction entre les décisions administratives et les actes administratifs non décisoires. Cette distinction détermine, en principe, la recevabilité du recours contentieux. Elle a fait l'objet de nombreux... more
(Grad Student paper) La perlocuzione austiniana può dialogare con la Rhetorica? Partendo dal testo aristotelico, si analizza la possibilità di rintracciare delle regolarità nella retorica, a confronto con l'impossibilità di avere... more
This paper discusses how assertion is collocated among the other speech acts, starting from the assumption that, in speech-act theoretical terms, assertion is an illocutionary act. It examines how assertion relates to other illocutionary... more
Este libro ofrece una introducción indirecta a la obra filosófica de Stanley Cavell.
This book offers an indirect introduction of Stanley Cavell's philosophical work.
This book offers an indirect introduction of Stanley Cavell's philosophical work.
This paper analyzes the radical critique of mimesis articulated by classic structuralist and poststructuralist theoreticians. The classic structuralist objections against mimesis, it is argued, focus on the semiotic structuring of... more
Ongoing discussion of this paper here: https://www.academia.edu/s/cf13d33860?source=link Philosophy – whether traditional or contemporary – has nothing to say about the human metaphysical predicament, and cannot even offer a basic... more
I suggest that, although the nonsensicalist challenge (obviously) matters, it has, at least in its Wittgensteinian form, been widely ignored. On the other hand, those who still adhere to nonsensicalism (mainly Wittgensteinians) have been... more
I am planning a history of the notion of philosophical nonsense and naturally difficult historical and exegetical questions have come up. Charles Pigden has argued that the notion goes back at least as far as Hobbes and that Locke,... more
In contrast to Derrida and Butler where the subversive force of the performatives is overemphasized here the focus is on their immanent (micro)sovereign power. Hence what is proposed here is a search for a basic concept of power on the... more
This article deals with the formation and interpretation of verbs and / or nouns derived from formulas such as basmala, ḥamdala, sabḥala etc
To what extent was ordinary language philosophy a precursor to experimental philosophy? Since the conditions on pursuit of either project are at best unclear, and at worst protean, the general question is hard to address. I focus instead... more
"Everyone says I love you.. Analysis of declaration of love - Ludwig Wittgenstein's and John L. Austin's studies have offered a new concept of language. Should one, in the light of The Philosophical Investigations and How to Do Things... more
Resumen El presente artículo describe las relaciones directas e indirectas entre el realismo jurídico y corrientes filosóficas como el empirismo británico, el neopositivismo y la filosofía del lenguaje ordinario. Se presenta el realismo... more
Davidson and Kolnai in different ways emphasise that practical syllogistic reasoning can only tell one that one has a reason to do or not to do something. It cannot adjudicate between conflicting reasons. It can tell one the means to... more
Карелин В. М. "Нарекаю этот корабль именем "Товарищ Сталин" (некоторые замечания о политической прагматике перформативных высказываний // Вестник РГГУ. — 2011. — № 15. — С. 39–50.
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"With contributions by Anders Kristian Strand, Mads Thygesen, Svend Erik Larsen, Patrizia Lombardo, J. Hillis Miller, Ragnhild Evang Reinton, Lars Sætre, Tone Selboe, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Jorunn S. Gjerden, Asbjørn Grønstad, Anders M.... more
Alice Crary has recently developed a radical reading of J. L. Austin’s philosophy of language. The central contention of Crary’s reading is that Austin gives convincing reasons to reject the idea that sentences have context-invariant... more
When one thinks about describing action, it is usually agreed that there are many ways to describe what was done on a given occasion. When it is rightly acknowledged, I call this fact “pluralism”. But there are many ways to misconceive... more
Adolf Reinach y otros filósofos del derecho han considerado que la promesa es uno de los fundamentos del derecho positivo. Reinach hace un estudio fenomenológico de la promesa en el marco de lo que él llama "actos sociales".... more