Strawson

/ ˈstrɔːsən /

noun

1. StrawsonSir Peter (Frederick)19192006MBritishPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Sir Peter ( Frederick ). 1919–2006, British philosopher. His early work deals with the relationship between language and logic, his later work with metaphysics. His books include The Bounds of Sense (1966) and Freedom and Resentment (1974)

Example Sentences

Strawson marked as one between “reactive” and “objective” attitudes.

From New York Times

I’m not sure how it influenced me, but it might have made me more inclined toward to deflationary views of the self along the lines of Derek Parfit, Galen Strawson and Buddhism.

From Scientific American

Strawson quotes Jerome Bruner: “self is a perpetually rewritten story”, in order to set up his target – one he swiftly demolishes by an appeal to common sense; how can we be synonymous with the little boy or girl who grazed their knee in the playground 10, 20, 30 years – possibly even a half century – ago?

From The Guardian

I was helped to circumvent it, in part, by a paper I read written by my old philosophy tutor, Galen Strawson, entitled “Against Narrativity”.

From The Guardian

Strawson takes aim at two contemporary shibboleths, which relate equally to psychology and literature.

From The Guardian