J. L. Austin av M. W. (Honorary Researcher in Philosophy Honorary Researcher in Philosophy University of East Anglia) Rowe

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<b>The first biography of the philosopher who became a mastermind of Allied intelligence in World War Two.</b>Austere, witty, and formidable, J. L. Austin (1911-1960) was the leader of Oxford Ordinary Language Philosophy and the founder of speech-act theory. This book¿the first full-length biography of Austin¿enhances our understanding of his dominance in 1950s Oxford, examining the significance of his famous Saturday morning seminars, and his sometimes tense relationships with Gilbert Ryle, Isaiah Berlin, A. J. Ayer, and Elizabeth Anscombe. Throwing new light on Austin''s own intellectualdevelopment, it probes the strengths and weaknesses of his mature philosophy, and reconstructs his late unpublished work on sound symbolism.Austin''s philosophical work remains highly influential, but much less well known is his outstanding contribution to British Intelligence in World War Two. The twelve central chapters thus investigate Austin''s part in the North African campaign, the search for th