P. F. Strawson

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British philosopher analytic philosopher human philosopher

P. F. Strawson was a prominent 20th-century British analytic philosopher known for his influential work in philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the critique of Russell’s theory of descriptions.

Aliases (2)

Peter Frederick Strawson ×1
Strawson ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British philosopher → analytic philosopher → human → philosopher →
birthDate	1919-11-23 →
birthPlace	Ealing → London →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
deathDate	2006-02-13 →
educatedAt	Christ Church, Oxford →
employer	University College, Oxford NERFINISHED → University of Oxford NERFINISHED →
familyName	Strawson →
fieldOfWork	Kantian philosophy → epistemology → ethics → metaphysics → philosophy → philosophy of language →
fullName	Peter Frederick Strawson →
gender	male →
givenName	Peter →
influenced	Gareth Evans → Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics →
influencedBy	Bertrand Russell → Gottlob Frege → Immanuel Kant → J. L. Austin →
knownFor	critique of Russell’s theory of descriptions → essay Freedom and Resentment → work in metaphysics → work in philosophy of language →
language	English →
movement	analytic philosophy →
nationality	British →
notableIdea	critique of Russell’s theory of descriptions → descriptive metaphysics → ordinary language approach to reference → reactive attitudes →
notableWork	Analysis and Metaphysics → Freedom and Resentment → Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics → Introduction to Logical Theory → On Referring → Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties → Subject and Predicate in Logic and Grammar → The Bounds of Sense → The Connection of the Senses →
positionHeld	Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy → fellow of University College, Oxford →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ludwig Wittgenstein → On Denoting →	influenced
analytic philosophy →	associatedWith
P. F. Strawson ("Strawson") →	familyName
P. F. Strawson ("Peter Frederick Strawson") →	fullName
Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy →	hasNotableHolder