Mastodawn

Very nice review by Andrew Milne of Nikhil Krishnan's new history of philosophy at Oxford in the mid-20th century. (Spoiler alert: Milne likes Krishnan's book.)
https://theconversation.com/english-philosophers-thought-they-had-sloughed-off-the-dead-weight-of-history-but-history-suggests-otherwise-205400
#Philosophy #Oxford #GilbertRyle #JLAustin

English philosophers thought they had sloughed off the dead weight of history, but history suggests otherwise

An intriguing new history of Oxford philosophers tells the story of a cloistered world giving out under pressure from an intransigent reality.

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