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SCOUT· 16%1h 01m·2026-08-30·HistoryThe Lives of the Philosophers: J. L. Austin
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David talks to philosopher and author Nikhil Krishnan about the life and times of a little known but highly influential twentieth-century philosopher: J. L. Austin, who believed that the deepest truths lay in understanding how ordinary language worked. Why was Austin so opposed to the ideas of A. J. Ayer? How were his…
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