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Sense and Sensibilia is a landmark 1962 work of ordinary language philosophy by J. L. Austin, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Austin attacks sense data theories of perception, specifically those of A. J. Ayer.
11 gru 2012 · John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960) was White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He made a number of contributions in various areas of philosophy, including important work on knowledge, perception, action, freedom, truth, language, and the use of language in speech acts.
Austin's avowed aim in his Sense and Sensibilia lectures, which he gave a number of times over a period of twelve years, on its negative side was to rid philosophy of 'such illusions as "the argument from
19 sty 2012 · Sense and sensibilia Bookreader Item Preview ... Sense and sensibilia by Austin, J. L. (John Langshaw), 1911-1960. Publication date 1964 Publisher London : Oxford University Press Collection internetarchivebooks; toronto; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive
Austin: Sense & Sensibilia Revisited. seven papers, together with a translation into English of Frege’s Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik. But at his death he was pre-eminent among Oxford philosophers.
John Langshaw Austin (ur. 28 marca 1911 w Lancaster, zm. 8 lutego 1960 w Oksfordzie) – brytyjski filozof analityczny. Austin skończył studia na Uniwersytecie Oksfordzkim, gdzie został później wykładowcą i profesorem (od 1952).
Abstract. The first half of this chapter looks at Austin’s celebrated lecture-series, which criticizes the version of the sense-datum theory of perception found in Ayer’s The Foundations of Empirical Knowledge. The section describes Austin’s polemical manner and the lectures’ consequent popularity, and then outlines the lectures ...
