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Nikhil Krishnan, A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60

London: Profile Books, 2023, pp. 416, ISBN: ‎978-1800812369

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  1. Isaiah Berlin, “Austin and the Early Beginnings of Oxford Philosophy”, in Essays on J.L. Austin, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1973), pp. 9–10

  2. SHAEF is the acronym for the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force, which was headed by General Eisenhower.

  3. George Pitcher, “Austin a Personal Memoir”, in Essays on J.L. Austin, pp. 18–19

  4. G.E.M. Anscombe, “The Causation of Action”, in Human Life, Action and Ethics: Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe, ed. M. Geach and L. Gomally, (St Andrew’s Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs, 2011), p. 105

  5. J.L. Austin, “Pretending”, in Philosophical Papers, (Oxford: Oxford University Press), 1979, p. 267

  6. G.E.M. Anscombe, “Pretending”, in Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Mind: Collected Philosophical Papers Volume II, (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1981), p. 83

  7. I owe this account of the meeting to Mark Rowe’s biography of Austin, J.L. Austin: Philosopher & D-Day Intelligence Officer, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023), pp. 562–563

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McGinn, M. Nikhil Krishnan, A Terribly Serious Adventure: Philosophy at Oxford 1900-60. Soc 60, 1049–1054 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-023-00927-9

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