![]() He occupies a place in philosophy of language alongside Wittgenstein in staunchly advocating the examination of the way words are used in order to elucidate meaning. Harnish.Īfter serving in MI6 during World War II, Austin became White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at Oxford. Alston, François Récanati, Kent Bach, and Robert M. ![]() His work in the 1950s provided both a theoretical outline and the terminology for the modern study of speech acts developed subsequently, for example, by (the Oxford-educated American philosopher) John R. Austin is widely associated with the concept of the speech act and the idea that speech is itself a form of action. ![]() John Langshaw Austin (Ma– February 8, 1960) was a British philosopher of language, born in Lancaster and educated at Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxford University. ![]()
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