Philosophy's Version of Pastoral

The Sense and Sensibility of Ordinary Language in J. L. Austin and William Empson
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-0-19-791023-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

This book explores the ways in which Austin's and Empson's conceptions of the ordinary, in language and in life, might be used to illuminate each other, despite (and because of) their differing disciplinary allegiances.

Stephen Mulhall focusses on three dimensions of comparison: the structural analogies between their broad conceptions of how words work; how Empson's treatment of sense and sensibility can be seen as in dialogue with Austin's treatment of sense and sensibilia; and how Empson's conception of pastoral might be used to illuminate both the unity and the diversity of the tradition of ordinary language philosophy (primarily in Austin, but also including Wittgenstein and his American reception in Cavell). As a result, the volume offers an original way of placing philosophy and literary criticism (hence, literature) into conversation with each other.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mulhall, Stephen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: 'Little bits of machinery'

- 2: Complex Equations

- 3: Sense and Sensibility

- 4: Sense and Sensibilia

- 5: Empson's Version of Pastoral

- 6: Austin's Version of Pastoral

- 7: Wittgenstein's Version of Pastoral

- 8: Coda-American Pastoral

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Mulhall is Professor of Philosophy, Russell H. Carpenter Fellow, and Tutor in Philosophy at New College, University of Oxford.