P. F. Strawson
Sir Peter Strawson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Peter Frederick Strawson 23 November 1919 Ealing, London, England |
| Died | 13 February 2006 (aged 86) London, England |
| Burial place | Wolvercote Cemetery |
| Children | 4, including Galen |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Analytic |
| Notable students | Gareth Evans John Searle |
| Main interests | Philosophy of language · Philosophy of mind |
| Notable ideas | Ordinary language philosophy Personal reactive attitudes The distinction between sortal and characterising universals The distinction between particular individuals (such as historical events, material objects and persons) and non-particular individuals (such as qualities, properties, numbers, species) The "descriptive metaphysics" and "revisionary metaphysics" distinction |
Sir Peter Frederick Strawson FBA (/ˈstrɔːsən/; 23 November 1919 – 13 February 2006) was an English philosopher who spent most of his career at the University of Oxford. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford from 1968 to 1987. He had previously held the positions of college lecturer and tutorial fellow at University College, Oxford, a college he returned to upon his retirement in 1987, and which provided him with rooms until his death.
Paul Snowdon and Anil Gomes, in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, comment that Strawson "exerted a considerable influence on philosophy, both during his lifetime and, indeed, since his death."