The problem of universals has been at the centre of ancient, medieval, Western, and Indian metaphysics. This anthology evinces... Læs mere
Presents a discussion of scepticism, which defines as questioning the adequacy of our grounds for holding various beliefs. This title draws deftly on Hume and Wittgenstein to argue that we must distinguish between 'hard', scientific naturalism; or 'soft', humanistic naturalism.
P. F. Strawson has been a major and influential spokesman for ordinary language philosophy throughout the late twentieth century, studying the relationship between common... Læs mere
A collection of eleven essays by Sir Peter Strawson, one of the twentieth century’s most important philosophers.
First published in 1952, professor Strawson’s highly influential Introduction to Logical Theory provides a detailed examination of the relationship between the behaviour of words in common language and the behaviour of symbols in a logical system.