Stuart Jeffries

The philosophical puzzles of the British Socrates

After vital work for British intelligence during the second world war, why did J.L. Austin devote the rest of his life to considering literally asinine questions?

J.L. Austin in his youth. [Courtesy of the family of J.L. Austin/ OUP]
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