Peter Frederick Strawson (London, 1919)
Peter Frederick Strawson nasce a Londra nel 1919. Studia a Oxford, al St. John College, e svolgerà la sua carriera accademica University of Oxford, where Ryle in 1968 succeeded as Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy and a fellow of Magdalene College. Since 1960 he is a member of the British Academy. Among his earlier writings should be mentioned on the reference rate (1950), in which he criticizes the theory of descriptions Russell. In Introduction to logical theory (1952) attempts to explain the logic of ordinary language, differentiating it from its formal language of mathematics. In 1959, public individuals. Descriptive essay on metaphysics, which offers the famous distinction between descriptive metaphysics and metaphysical remedy, also introducing the themes of Kantian transcendentalism in analytic philosophy and taking a stand against the criticism Wittgenstein the idea of \u200b\u200bprivate language. The interest in the concept of "transcendental" leads him to deal directly with Kant (The limits of meaning. Essay on the Critique of Pure Reason, 1966). It also dealt with the problems associated with the concept of action and the alternative freedom / determinism (Freedom and Resentment, 1974). Among recent publications, it is important Analysis and Metaphysics (1984).
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