Ordinary Language Philosophy
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy, one of the most important British contributions to 20th-century thought.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy, a school of thought which emerged in Oxford in the years following World War II. With its roots in the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ordinary Language Philosophy is concerned with the meanings of words as used in everyday speech. Its adherents believed that many philosophical problems were created by the misuse of words, and that if such 'ordinary language' were correctly analysed, such problems would disappear. Philosophers associated with the school include some of the most distinguished British thinkers of the twentieth century, such as Gilbert Ryle and JL Austin.
With:
Stephen Mulhall
Professor of Philosophy at New College, Oxford
Ray Monk
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton
Julia Tanney
Reader in Philosophy of Mind at the University of Kent
Producer: Thomas Morris.
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LINKS AND FURTHER READING
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READING LIST:
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J. L. Austin, How to Do Things with Words (Various editions)
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J. L. Austin, Philosophical Papers (Various editions)
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J. L. Austin, Sense and Sensibilia (Oxford University Press, 1979)
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A. J. Ayer and others, The Revolution in Philosophy (Macmillan, 1956)
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Avner Baz, When Words Are Called For: A Defense of Ordinary Language Philosophy (Harvard University Press, 2012)
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Ernest Gellner, Words and Things (Routledge, 2005)
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Peter Hacker, Wittgenstein's Place in Twentieth-Century Analytic Philosophy (Blackwell, 1996)
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Sandra Laugier, Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy (University of Chicago Press, 2013)
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Bertrand Russell, My Philosophical Development (Spokesman Books, 2007)
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Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (Routledge, 2009)
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Gilbert Ryle, Critical Essays: Collected Papers, Volume 1 and 2 (Routledge, 2009)
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P. F. Strawson, Individuals (Routledge, 1964)
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Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (Various editions)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Melvyn Bragg |
| Interviewed Guest | Stephen Mulhall |
| Interviewed Guest | Ray Monk |
| Interviewed Guest | Julia Tanney |
| Producer | Thomas Morris |
Broadcasts
- Thu 7 Nov 2013 09:00Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
- Thu 7 Nov 2013 21:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4
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