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A pitch of philosophy
autobiographical exercises
By Cavell, Stanley
- ISBN
- 978-0-67466-980-2
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1994.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1994
Cavell is an odd man out at Harvard-a philosopher with a taste for romanticism and an interest in rhetoric. He was especially moved by J.L. Austin's How To Do Things with Words (1975), one kind of Oxford "ordinary language'' philosophy, but he developed his own critique. Lately, he is best known as the man who restored Emerson and Thoreau to philosophical respectability; hence his concern with having one's own vo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
