Rodney Bertolt is an American philosopher and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Purdue University. Bertolt is known for his works on speech acts.[1][2] He is a former president of Indiana Philosophical Association (1983–1984).

Rodney Bertolt
Born (1949-03-22) March 22, 1949 (age 75)
EducationFranklin & Marshall College (BA), University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD)
Era21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsPurdue University
Main interests
philosophy of language

Books edit

  • What is Said: A Theory of Indirect Speech Reports, in the Philosophical Studies Series, ed. K. Lehrer, Kluwer Academic Publishing, 1990

References edit

  1. ^ Green, Mitchell (2021). "Speech Acts". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University.
  2. ^ McGOWAN, Mary Kate; Tam, Shan Shan; Hall, Margaret (2009). ""On Indirect Speech Acts and Linguistic Communication: A Response to Bertolet"". Philosophy. 84 (330): 495–513. doi:10.1017/S0031819109990088. ISSN 0031-8191. JSTOR 40588028. S2CID 170264794.

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