J. L. Austin : philosopher and D-Day intelligence officer /

J. L. Austin was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century, but also an intelligence officer in the Second World War. This revelatory biography explores Austin's complex character, his remarkable achievements in war and peace, and the surprisingly dramatic events in his...

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Main Author:	Rowe, M. W. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Subjects:	Austin, J. L. > (John Langshaw), > 1911-1960. Austin, J. L. > (John Langshaw), > 1911-1960 Philosophers > England. Intelligence officers > Great Britain > Biography. Philosophes > Angleterre. Officiers de renseignements > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies. Linguistics. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. PHILOSOPHY. Intelligence officers Philosophers England Great Britain Biography & non-fiction prose. Biography. Electronic books. Biographies Biographies.
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Table of Contents:

Origins: c.1670-1911
2. Childhood: 1911-- 3. Shrewsbury: 1924-1929
4. Balliol: 1929-1933
5. Philosophy in Oxford: 1918-1933
6. All Souls: 1933-1935
7. Collingwood, C. I. Lewis, and Aristotle: 1935-1938
8. The All Souls Group, Politics, and Wittgenstein: 1937-1940
9. Jean and the Army: September 1939-December 1940
10. MI14, Marriage, and North African Intelligence: December 1940-April
11. Injury, Scotland, and the Desert War: April 1941-March
12. The Coming of the Martians: March-July 1942
13. Norfolk House, Dieppe, and Torch: June-November 1942
14. Skyscraper, Invade Mecum, and Exile: November 1942-July 1943
15. The Hunt for the V-Weapons: April 1943-February 1944
16. At Peter Robinson's: November 1943-January 1944
17. Towards D-Day: December 1943-June 1944
18. D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: May-September 1944
19. Arnhem and the Ardennes: September 1944-January 1945
20. War's End: February-November 1945
21. The Post-War Scene: 1945-1955
22. 'Other Minds' and Ordinary Language: 1946-1948
23. Ordinary Language Philosophy: 1947-1959
24. The Oral and the Written: 1947-1959
25. Sense and Sensibilia: 1947
26. Truth and Logic: 1950-1952
27. White's Professor: 1952-1954
28. Domestic Life and the Americans: 1952-1954
29. Harvard and Speech-Acts: 1955
30. Abilities and Excuses: 1956-1957
31. Royaumont and Anscombe: 1958
32. California, Semantics, and Sound Symbolism: 1958-1959
33. Ayer, Scandinavia, and the Gellner Controversy: 1959
34. Final Illness: 1959-1960.