Thomas Nagel: Leader of the Martians

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Fri, 25/08/2023 - 00:00
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Fri, 25/08/2023 - 00:00
J.L. Austin was fascinated by many details of language for their own sake, and in 1947 brought together a group of philosophy dons, mostly younger than himself, to pursue these investigations collectively. They met on Saturday mornings during term, and while this group brought to life Austin’s ideal of philosophy as a co-operative enterprise, he controlled the agenda and proceedings, as he had with the Martians during the war.