Description
Real Materialism draws together papers written over twenty years by Galen Strawson in philosophy of mind and metaphysics. Strawson focuses on five main areas of enquiry: [1] the nature of the physical, consciousness, the 'mind-body problem', and the prospects for panpsychism; [2] the self, the subject of experience, self-consciousness, and the 'narrative' self; [3] free will and moral responsibility; [4] the nature of thought and intentionality and their connection with consciousness; [5] the problem of causation with particular reference to the philosophy of David Hume.
About the Author
Galen Strawson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, and Professor of Philosophy at Reading University, UK. Prior to that he was Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Jesus College, Oxford (1987-2000). He has held visiting positions at the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University (1993), New York University (1997), and Rutgers University (2000). Strawson received his degrees from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford and studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure (rue d'Ulm) and the Sorbonne (1977-8). He is also Philosophy editor at the Times Literary Supplement.
Reviews
gives a clear, rational and sympathetic picture of humanity's place in a wholly material reality. * John Dance, Journal of Consciousness Studies *
Strawson's work is not like that of any other contemporary philosopher. He is fiercely hostile to many of the assumptions and practices which contemporary philosophy has inherited from the twentieth century, which he regards as ' the silliest of all centuries'. One gets the feeling, reading these essays, that Strawson believes that the philosophers of the future will find it difficult to relate to the mindset of their predecessors, who felt able to deny the existence of conscious experience (over and above functional/physical properties) and causation (over and above regularity). Perhaps he is right. If so, then Real Materialism will be viewed as a rare beacon of common sense in an ocean of intellectual eccentricity. * Philip Goff, Philosophical Quarterly *
immensely interesting and provocative, and written in an enjoyably combative style ... a fascinating and engrossing collection of papers, of which every one is deserving of detailed discussion. * Geoffrey Madell, Philosophy *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199267439
Author Galen Strawson
Format Paperback
Page Count 488
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 27mm
About the Author
Galen Strawson is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center, New York, and Professor of Philosophy at Reading University, UK. Prior to that he was Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Jesus College, Oxford (1987-2000). He has held visiting positions at the Research School of Social Sciences at Australian National University (1993), New York University (1997), and Rutgers University (2000). Strawson received his degrees from the universities of Cambridge and Oxford and studied at the Ecole Normale Superieure (rue d'Ulm) and the Sorbonne (1977-8). He is also Philosophy editor at the Times Literary Supplement.
Reviews
gives a clear, rational and sympathetic picture of humanity's place in a wholly material reality. * John Dance, Journal of Consciousness Studies *
Strawson's work is not like that of any other contemporary philosopher. He is fiercely hostile to many of the assumptions and practices which contemporary philosophy has inherited from the twentieth century, which he regards as ' the silliest of all centuries'. One gets the feeling, reading these essays, that Strawson believes that the philosophers of the future will find it difficult to relate to the mindset of their predecessors, who felt able to deny the existence of conscious experience (over and above functional/physical properties) and causation (over and above regularity). Perhaps he is right. If so, then Real Materialism will be viewed as a rare beacon of common sense in an ocean of intellectual eccentricity. * Philip Goff, Philosophical Quarterly *
immensely interesting and provocative, and written in an enjoyably combative style ... a fascinating and engrossing collection of papers, of which every one is deserving of detailed discussion. * Geoffrey Madell, Philosophy *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199267439
Author Galen Strawson
Format Paperback
Page Count 488
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 27mm
