P F Strawson Freedom And Resentment
STRAWSON: FREEDOM AND RESENTMENT 1. Some philosophers say they do not know what the thesis of determinism is. Others say, or imply, that they do know what it is. Peter Frederick Strawson (1919–2006) was an Oxford-based philosopher whose career spanned the second half of the twentieth century. He wrote most notably about the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology and the history of philosophy, especially Kant.
By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers. First published thirty years ago but long since unavailable, Freedom and Resentment collects some of Strawson's most important work and is an ideal introduction to his thinking on such topics as the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology and aesthetics. Attitudes: Perspectives on P. Strawson’s ‘Freedom and Resentment’ (Ashgate Press, 2008) Peter Strawson’s paper ‘Freedom and Resentment’ changed the face of the free will debate. Prior to the publication of Strawson’s paper in 1962, the question of whether we are free and morally responsible beings was typically. Strawson on Freedom and Resentment. Pears - 1998 - In The Philosophy of P.F. Chicago: Open Court. Strawson and Prasad on Determinism and Resentment. Strawson on Freedom and Resentment. Pears - 1998 - In The Philosophy of P.F. Chicago: Open Court. Strawson and Prasad on Determinism and Resentment. Brian Bruya - 2001 - Journal of Indian Council of Philosophical Research 18 (3):198-216.
| Born | 23 November 1919 Ealing, London |
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| Died | 13 February 2006 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
Main interests | Philosophy of language·Philosophy of mind |
| Ordinary language philosophy Personal reactive attitudes[1] The distinction between sortal and characterising universals[2] The distinction between particularindividuals (such as historical events, material objects and persons) and non-particular individuals (such as qualities, properties, numbers, species)[3] The 'descriptive metaphysics' and 'revisionary metaphysics' distinction[4] | |
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Sir Peter Frederick StrawsonFBA (/ˈstrɔːsən/; 23 November 1919 – 13 February 2006), usually cited as P. F. Strawson, was an English philosopher. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) from 1968 to 1987. Before that, he was appointed as a college lecturer at University College, Oxford, in 1947, and became a tutorial fellow the following year, until 1968. On his retirement in 1987, he returned to the college and continued working there until shortly before his death. His portrait was painted by the artists Muli Tang and Daphne Todd.[5]
When he died, the obituary in The Guardian noted that, 'Oxford was the world capital of philosophy between 1950 and 1970, and American academics flocked there, rather than the traffic going the other way. That golden age had no greater philosopher than Sir Peter Strawson.'[6]
- 4Partial bibliography
Early years[edit]
Strawson was born in Ealing, west London, and brought up in Finchley, north London, by his parents, both of whom were teachers. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley, followed by St John's College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Philosophical work[edit]
Strawson first became well known with his article 'On Referring' (1950), a criticism of Bertrand Russell's theory of descriptions (see also Definite descriptions) that Russell explained in the famous 'On Denoting' article (1905).
In philosophical methodology, there are (at least) two important and interrelated features of Strawson's work that are worthy of note.[7] The first is the project of a 'descriptive' metaphysics, and the second is his notion of a shared conceptual scheme, composed of concepts operated in everyday life. In his book Individuals (1959), Strawson attempts to give a description of various concepts that form an interconnected web, representing (part of) our common, shared, human conceptual scheme. In particular, he examines our conceptions of basic particulars, and how they are variously brought under general spatio-temporal concepts. What makes this a metaphysical project is that it exhibits, in fine detail, the structural features of our thought about the world, and thus precisely delimits how we, humans, think about reality.
Strawson was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1960 and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1969 to 1970. He was knighted, in 1977, for services to philosophy.
Personal life[edit]
After serving as a captain in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during World War II, Strawson married Ann Martin in 1945. They had four children, including the philosopher Galen Strawson. He lived in Oxford all his adult life and died in hospital on 13 February 2006 after a short illness. P. F. Strawson was elder brother to Major General John Strawson.
Partial bibliography[edit]
Books[edit]
- Introduction to Logical Theory. London: Methuen, 1952.
- Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics. London: Methuen, 1959.
- German translation by F. Scholz (Stuttgart: Reclam, 1972)
- French translation by A. Shalom and P. Drong (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1973)
- Italian translation by E. Bencivenga (Milan: Feltrinelli, 1978)
- Japanese translation by N. Nakamura (Tokyo: Misuzu Shobo, 1978)
- Polish translation by B. Chwedenczuk (Warsaw: Wydawniczy Pax, 1980)
- Spanish translation by A. Suarez and L. Villanueva (Madrid: Taurus, 1989)
- The Bounds of Sense: An Essay on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. London: Methuen, 1966.
- Spanish translation by C. Luis Andre (Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1975)
- German translation by E. Lange (Hain, 1981)
- Italian translation by M. Palumbo (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1985)
- Japanese translation, 1987
- Logico-Linguistic Papers. London: Methuen, 1971
- Freedom and Resentment and other Essays. London: Methuen, 1974
- Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar. London: Methuen, 1974
- Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985.
- Analysis and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Entity and Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Philosophical Writings. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Notes[edit]
- ^Personal reactive attitudes are reactions we display when we are hurt by the actions of an agent (see Strawson, P. F. (2008), Freedom and resentment and other essays, Routledge, p. 12).
- ^N. Milkov, A Hundred Years of English Philosophy, Springer, 2013, p. 201.
- ^Clifford A. Brown, Peter Strawson, Routledge, 2015, p. 51.
- ^Peter Frederick Strawson (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- ^Todd, Daphne. 'Bill Sykes, Peter Strawson, George Cawkwell and Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann'. Art UK. UK. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^The Guardian – ObituaryArchived 1 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^P.F. Strawson, Individuals
References[edit]
- Philosophical Subjects: Essays Presented to P. F. Strawson, ed. Zak Van Straaten (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980)
- Leibniz and Strawson: A New Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics, Clifford Brown (Munich: Philosophia Verlag, 1990)
- Ensayos sobre Strawson, ed. Carlos E. Carosi (Montevideo: Universidad de la Republica, 1992)
- The Philosophy of P. F. Strawson, ed. Pranab Kumar Sen and Roop Rekha Verma (Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 1995)
- The Philosophy of P. F. Strawson, Lewis E. Hahn, ed. (Open Court, 1998)
- Theories of Truth, Richard Kirkham (MIT Press, 1992). (Chapter 10 contains a detailed discussion of Strawson's performative theory of truth.)
- Strawson & Kant: ensaios comemorativos aos 50 anos de The Bounds of Sense. GELAIN, Itamar Luís & CONTE, Jaimir (Org.) Pelotas: NEPFIL (On-line), 2016.
- Ensaios sobre a filosofia de Strawson. CONTE, Jaimir & GELAIN, Itamar Luís (Org.). Florianópolis: Editora UFSC, 2015.
- Strawson and Kant, ed. Hans-Johann Glock (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)
- Sir Peter Strawson (1919–2006), Univ Newsletter, Issue 23, page 4, Hilary 2006.
- Peter Strawson, Clifford Brown (Acumen Publishing, 2006)
- Free Will and Reactive Attitudes: Perspectives on P. F. Strawson's 'Freedom and Resentment'. edited by Micheal McKenna and Paul Russell, (2016)
External links[edit]
| Wikiquote has quotations related to: P. F. Strawson |
- Obituary – The Guardian
- Sir Peter Strawson - obituary for The Independent by Alan Ryan
- Snapshot: P. F. Strawson 2019 essay by Anil Gmes for The Philosophers' Magazine
| Born | 23 November 1919 Ealing, London |
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| Died | 13 February 2006 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
Main interests | Philosophy of language·Philosophy of mind |
| Ordinary language philosophy Personal reactive attitudes[1] The distinction between sortal and characterising universals[2] The distinction between particularindividuals (such as historical events, material objects and persons) and non-particular individuals (such as qualities, properties, numbers, species)[3] The 'descriptive metaphysics' and 'revisionary metaphysics' distinction[4] | |
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Sir Peter Frederick StrawsonFBA (/ˈstrɔːsən/; 23 November 1919 – 13 February 2006), usually cited as P. F. Strawson, was an English philosopher. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) from 1968 to 1987. Before that, he was appointed as a college lecturer at University College, Oxford, in 1947, and became a tutorial fellow the following year, until 1968. On his retirement in 1987, he returned to the college and continued working there until shortly before his death. His portrait was painted by the artists Muli Tang and Daphne Todd.[5]
When he died, the obituary in The Guardian noted that, 'Oxford was the world capital of philosophy between 1950 and 1970, and American academics flocked there, rather than the traffic going the other way. That golden age had no greater philosopher than Sir Peter Strawson.'[6]
- 4Partial bibliography
Early years[edit]
Strawson was born in Ealing, west London, and brought up in Finchley, north London, by his parents, both of whom were teachers. He was educated at Christ's College, Finchley, followed by St John's College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Philosophical work[edit]
Strawson first became well known with his article 'On Referring' (1950), a criticism of Bertrand Russell's theory of descriptions (see also Definite descriptions) that Russell explained in the famous 'On Denoting' article (1905).
In philosophical methodology, there are (at least) two important and interrelated features of Strawson's work that are worthy of note.[7] The first is the project of a 'descriptive' metaphysics, and the second is his notion of a shared conceptual scheme, composed of concepts operated in everyday life. In his book Individuals (1959), Strawson attempts to give a description of various concepts that form an interconnected web, representing (part of) our common, shared, human conceptual scheme. In particular, he examines our conceptions of basic particulars, and how they are variously brought under general spatio-temporal concepts. What makes this a metaphysical project is that it exhibits, in fine detail, the structural features of our thought about the world, and thus precisely delimits how we, humans, think about reality.
Strawson was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1960 and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1969 to 1970. He was knighted, in 1977, for services to philosophy.
Personal life[edit]
After serving as a captain in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during World War II, Strawson married Ann Martin in 1945. They had four children, including the philosopher Galen Strawson. He lived in Oxford all his adult life and died in hospital on 13 February 2006 after a short illness. P. F. Airlink 101 usb wifi driver. Strawson was elder brother to Major General John Strawson.
Partial bibliography[edit]
Strawson Meaning And Truth
Books[edit]
- Introduction to Logical Theory. London: Methuen, 1952.
- Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics. London: Methuen, 1959.
- German translation by F. Scholz (Stuttgart: Reclam, 1972)
- French translation by A. Shalom and P. Drong (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 1973)
- Italian translation by E. Bencivenga (Milan: Feltrinelli, 1978)
- Japanese translation by N. Nakamura (Tokyo: Misuzu Shobo, 1978)
- Polish translation by B. Chwedenczuk (Warsaw: Wydawniczy Pax, 1980)
- Spanish translation by A. Suarez and L. Villanueva (Madrid: Taurus, 1989)
- The Bounds of Sense: An Essay on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. London: Methuen, 1966.
- Spanish translation by C. Luis Andre (Madrid: Revista de Occidente, 1975)
- German translation by E. Lange (Hain, 1981)
- Italian translation by M. Palumbo (Roma-Bari: Laterza, 1985)
- Japanese translation, 1987
- Logico-Linguistic Papers. London: Methuen, 1971
- Freedom and Resentment and other Essays. London: Methuen, 1974
- Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar. London: Methuen, 1974
- Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties. New York: Columbia University Press, 1985.
- Analysis and Metaphysics: An Introduction to Philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Entity and Identity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Philosophical Writings. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Articles[edit]
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Notes[edit]
- ^Personal reactive attitudes are reactions we display when we are hurt by the actions of an agent (see Strawson, P. F. (2008), Freedom and resentment and other essays, Routledge, p. 12).
- ^N. Milkov, A Hundred Years of English Philosophy, Springer, 2013, p. 201.
- ^Clifford A. Brown, Peter Strawson, Routledge, 2015, p. 51.
- ^Peter Frederick Strawson (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- ^Todd, Daphne. 'Bill Sykes, Peter Strawson, George Cawkwell and Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann'. Art UK. UK. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
- ^The Guardian – ObituaryArchived 1 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^P.F. Strawson, Individuals
References[edit]
- Philosophical Subjects: Essays Presented to P. F. Strawson, ed. Zak Van Straaten (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980)
- Leibniz and Strawson: A New Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics, Clifford Brown (Munich: Philosophia Verlag, 1990)
- Ensayos sobre Strawson, ed. Carlos E. Carosi (Montevideo: Universidad de la Republica, 1992)
- The Philosophy of P. F. Strawson, ed. Pranab Kumar Sen and Roop Rekha Verma (Indian Council of Philosophical Research, 1995)
- The Philosophy of P. F. Strawson, Lewis E. Hahn, ed. (Open Court, 1998)
- Theories of Truth, Richard Kirkham (MIT Press, 1992). (Chapter 10 contains a detailed discussion of Strawson's performative theory of truth.)
- Strawson & Kant: ensaios comemorativos aos 50 anos de The Bounds of Sense. GELAIN, Itamar Luís & CONTE, Jaimir (Org.) Pelotas: NEPFIL (On-line), 2016.
- Ensaios sobre a filosofia de Strawson. CONTE, Jaimir & GELAIN, Itamar Luís (Org.). Florianópolis: Editora UFSC, 2015.
- Strawson and Kant, ed. Hans-Johann Glock (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003)
- Sir Peter Strawson (1919–2006), Univ Newsletter, Issue 23, page 4, Hilary 2006.
- Peter Strawson, Clifford Brown (Acumen Publishing, 2006)
- Free Will and Reactive Attitudes: Perspectives on P. F. Strawson's 'Freedom and Resentment'. edited by Micheal McKenna and Paul Russell, (2016)
P.f. Strawson Freedom And Resentment Summary
External links[edit]
| Wikiquote has quotations related to: P. F. Strawson |
- Obituary – The Guardian
- Sir Peter Strawson - obituary for The Independent by Alan Ryan
- Snapshot: P. F. Strawson 2019 essay by Anil Gmes for The Philosophers' Magazine