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Bringing together eight previously published essays by M. W. Rowe
and a substantial new study of Larkin, this book emphasizes the
profound affinities between philosophy and literature. Ranging over
Plato, Shakespeare, Goethe, Arnold and Wittgenstein, the first five
essays explore an anti-theoretical conception of philosophy. This
sees the subject as less concerned with abstract arguments that
result in theories, than with prompts intended to induce clarity of
vision and psychical harmony. On this understanding, philosophy
looks more like literature than logic. Conversely, the last four
essays argue that literature is centrally concerned with truth and
abstract thought, and that literature is therefore a more cognitive
and philosophical enterprise than is commonly supposed.
Bringing together eight previously published essays by M. W. Rowe
and a substantial new study of Larkin, this book emphasizes the
profound affinities between philosophy and literature. Ranging over
Plato, Shakespeare, Goethe, Arnold and Wittgenstein, the first five
essays explore an anti-theoretical conception of philosophy. This
sees the subject as less concerned with abstract arguments that
result in theories, than with prompts intended to induce clarity of
vision and psychical harmony. On this understanding, philosophy
looks more like literature than logic. Conversely, the last four
essays argue that literature is centrally concerned with truth and
abstract thought, and that literature is therefore a more cognitive
and philosophical enterprise than is commonly supposed.
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his mature philosophy, and reconstructs his late unpublished work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.
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