P. F. Strawson

Tags: Philosopher.

Sir Peter Frederick Strawson FBA (23 November 1919 – 13 February 2006) was an English philosopher. He was the Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford (Magdalen College) from 1968 to 1987. Before that he was appointed as a college lecturer at University College Oxford in 1947 and became a tutorial fellow the following year until 1968. On his retirement in 1987 he returned to the college and continued working there until shortly before his death.

birth date

1919-11-23

birth place

London, Ealing

death date

2006-02-13

death place

London

era

Contemporary philosophy

influenced

David Lewis (philosopher), Colin McGinn, Martin Hollis (philosopher), John Searle, Keith Donnellan, Joshua Knobe, Ted Honderich, Ramchandra Gandhi, Arda Denkel, Robert_Hanna_(philosopher)

influenced by

A. J. Ayer, Bertrand Russell, Immanuel Kant, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Gilbert Ryle

main interest

Philosophy of language

notableIdea

Ordinary language philosophy

philosophicalSchool

Analytic philosophy

region

Western philosophy