Show Notes
Have you ever thought about how weird it is to make a promise? One second there’s no rule, and the next second—BOOM—you owe your friend a cookie! It’s basically like magic! In this mind-bending episode of Philosophy is Not Boring, Mira and Finn explore what actually happens when we say words like "I promise," "I apologize," or "I bet you." We travel back to the mid-20th century to meet an incredible Oxford philosopher named J.L. Austin. He realized that we don't just use words to describe the...
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