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The first biography of the philosopher who became a mastermind of Allied intelligence in World War Two.
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 intellectual development, it probes the strengths and weaknesses of his mature philosophy, and reconstructs his late unpublished work on sound symbolism.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 the V-weapons, the preparations for D-Day, the Battle of Arnhem, and the Ardennes Offensive, and show that, in the case of D-Day, he played a major role in the ultimate Allied victory.
While exploring Austin's dramatic and romantic personal history, Rowe pays close attention to his harsh schooling and pre-war affair with a married Frenchwoman; his wartime marriage, bomb injury, and response to a colleague's murder; and his post-war family life, the growing influence of America, and his tragically premature death. Adding considerably to our knowledge of World War Two, and Austin's diverse and enduring influence, this biography reveals the true complexity of his character, and the full range and significance of his achievements.
Contents
Part I: Pre-War
1: Origins: c. 1670-1911
2: Childhood: 1911-1924
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 Brethren, Politics, and Wittgenstein: 1937-1940
Part II: War
9: Jean and the Army: 1939-1941
10: MI14, Marriage, and North African Intelligence: 1941
11: Injury, Scotland, and the Desert War: 1941-1942
12: The Coming of the Martians: 1942
13: Norfolk House, Dieppe, and Torch: 1942
14: Skyscraper, Invade Mecum, and Exile: 1943
15: The Hunt for the V-Weapons: 1943-1944
16: At Peter Robinson's: 1943-1944
17: Towards D-Day: 1944
18: D-Day and the Battle of Normandy: 1944
19: Arnhem and the Ardennes: 1944-1945
20: War's End: 1945
Part III: Post-War
21: Post-War Britain and Oxford: 1945-1947
22: 'Other Minds': 1946-1947
23: Ordinary Language Philosophy: 1947-1959
24: The Oral and the Written: 1947-1959
25: Sense and Sensibilia: 1947-1959
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
