Talk:P. F. Strawson

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[edit] Ideas for General Expansion

From my limited readings in philosophy, it seems like Strawson had some very interesting contributions to discussions regarding metaphysics and free will. I don't think highly enough of my own acumen to attempt to characterize his views (though perhaps I could explain him on the subject of free will) so I think we need to convince an expert to contribute to this article in those respects.

It's strange that a philosopher of Strawson's reputation has such an anemic article.

Also, I'm currently taking John Searle's class in the Philosophy of Mind, and he mentioned in passing that Strawson was his tutor at Oxford for a time and that after receiving it, Strawson told the then undergraduate Searle to send a paper of his called 'Proper Names' to the journals for publication. Searle did just that, and now he is credited with originating a very interesting form of a descriptivist theory of reference. It just goes to show that the world of philosophy is small indeed. 71.116.79.36 12:21, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smoking

Can we find a picture that doesn't show him indulging in something disgusting? Brandon97 20:08, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Other areas

Don't have the ref offhand, but Freedom and Resentment should be in the biblio. Super famous.