Strawson
Britishnoun
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Strawson marked as one between “reactive” and “objective” attitudes.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022
For rebuttals of this position, see critiques by philosopher Galen Strawson and by me.
From Scientific American • Dec. 16, 2018
The philosopher Peter F. Strawson described these as “essentially natural human reactions to the good or ill will or indifference of others toward us, as displayed in their attitudes and actions.”
From New York Times • Dec. 13, 2017
Taught first by GA Paul and PF Strawson, he had Ryle as his BPhil tutor.
From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2010
P. F. Strawson, one of the most respected of Oxford's analytic philosophers, boldly subtitled his latest book, Individuals, An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics.
From Time Magazine Archive
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