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An intriguing new history of Oxford philosophers tells the story of a cloistered world giving out under pressure from an intransigent reality.
Though it is startling to think of it now, analytic philosophy was once considered a promising subject for satire on mainstream television. When Beyond the Fringe was broadcast in 1964, the viewing public could apparently be relied upon to recognise the archetype of the post-Wittgensteinian linguistic philosopher being impersonated by Jonathan Miller and Alan Bennett.
Nikhil Krishnan’s A Terribly Serious Adventure shows how Oxford’s “ordinary language” movement, pioneered by JL Austin and Gilbert Ryle, looked to words for answers.
In his book A Terribly Serious Adventure, Nikhil Krishnan shines a light on the 'ordinary language' philosophers who shook up their field
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on why we should express resentment when we are wronged.