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Guy Longworth on J.L. Austin and Ordinary Language
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15 minutes
Released:
Feb 25, 2012
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Podcast episode
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J. L. Austin, who died in 1960, was an immensely influential philosopher whose method involved precise scrutiny of ordinary language: the precise words, the contexts in which they were uttered, and what people were doing by uttering them. In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Guy Longworth discusses the key features of Austin's approach. Philosophy Bites is made in associaton with the Institute of Philosophy.
Released:
Feb 25, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode
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