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IS IT ONLY COMMON SENSE?

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A discussion between
Ernest Gellner
Reader in Sociology
In the University of London
D. F. Pears
Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
G. J. Warnock
Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
J. W. N. Watkins
Lecturer in Political Science In the University of London
In two talks broadcast earlier this year Ernest Gellner criticised Oxford philosophy on the ground that it is purely linguistic, that its enquiries are limited to concepts already defined in language. What does this charge amount to and is it just?

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