Reconstructing J. L. Austin’s Method: ‘Linguistic Phenomenology’ as a Technology of Philosophical Research
This article is aimed at an (updated) reconstruction of the method of philosophical research proposed by the prominent British analytical philosophers, John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960) — a study of what we (should) say when and why — alternative to its ‘canonical’ (and debatable) account, given m...
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2024-09-01
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| Series: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" |
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| Online Access: | https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2024/%D0%A2.9,%20%E2%84%96%203%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/83-89%20%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%20%D0%A1.%20%D0%9D..pdf |
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| Summary: | This article is aimed at an (updated) reconstruction of the method of philosophical
research proposed by the prominent British analytical philosophers, John Langshaw
Austin (1911–1960) — a study of what we (should) say when and why — alternative
to its ‘canonical’ (and debatable) account, given more than half a century ago by
Austin’s colleague and editor, James Urmson. Resting on a wider range of sources,
the article, first, presents the Austin’s method as a practical technology, second,
reformulates its intention and structure based on the key attitudes of the British
thinker (the ideas of ‘strict’ philosophy and ‘linguistic phenomenology’), third,
localizes the methodical components associated with them by the author. As a
result, the Austin’s method is revealed by means of three research stages (goal
setting, formation of an empirical database and its theoretical explanation) with their
inherent tasks, procedures, techniques and methodical guidelines. Some related
limitations of the author’s method are also fixed, first of all, its focus not so much
on creating a ‘high’ philosophical ‘theory’, as on ensuring a greater rigor, factual
rootedness and thereby usefulness of philosophical reasoning. |
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| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |