“Ryle’s War” (opens in new tab)

We now know about J.L. Austin’s important work as a D-Day intelligence officer during WWII, but what about his fellow ordinary language philosopher, Gilbert Ryle, the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford beginning in 1944. Philosopher Jack Copeland writes: What did Ryle do in the Second World War? Little was known—he was discreet about his life. […]