Bounds of Sense
- 296 pages
- 11 hours of reading
This influential study of Kant in which Strawson seeks to detach the true analytical and critical achievement of Kant's work from the unacceptable metaphysics with which it is entangled.
Peter Strawson Books
November 23, 1919 – February 13, 2006
Peter Frederick Strawson was an English philosopher renowned for his meticulous analysis of language and its connection to reality. His influential essays challenged traditional metaphysical views, emphasizing the significance of ordinary language in philosophical inquiry. Strawson's approach prioritizes precise thinking and the systematic deconstruction of complex philosophical problems. He is remembered for his ability to clarify philosophical discourse and ground it in clear, reasoned argument.
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.
Peter Strawson (1919-2006) was one of the leading British philosophers of his generation and an influential figure in a golden age for British philosophy between 1950 and 1970. The Bounds of Sense is one of the most influential books ever written about Kant's philosophy, and is one of the key philosophical works of the late twentieth century. Whilst probably best known for its criticism of Kant's transcendental idealism, it is also famous for the highly original manner in which Strawson defended and developed some of Kant's fundamental insights into the nature of subjectivity, experience and knowledge - at a time when few philosphers were engaging with Kant's ideas. The book had a profound effect on the interpretation of Kant's philosophy when it was first published in 1966 and continues to influence discussion of Kant, the soundness of transcendental arguments, and debates in epistemology and metaphysics generally. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Lucy Allais.
Freedom and Resentment and Other Essays
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers. Beginning with Freedom and Resentment, this collection is a testament to the astonishing range of Strawson's thought as he discusses free will, ethics and morality, logic, the mind-body problem and aesthetics.
Skepticism and Naturalism: some Varieties
- 108 pages
- 4 hours of reading
Eine repräsentative Auswahl von 852 Dreizeilern der klassischen japanischen Lyrikgattung, in einer bewährten, eng den Originalen folgenden Übersetzung. Vertreten sind die bedeutendsten Dichter Japans (und viele andere); inhaltlich gliedert sich der Band in die Themen: Neujahr, Frühling, Sommer, Herbst und Winter.
