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P. F. Strawson Quotes

1919–2006 England

Sir Peter Frederick Strawson (November 23, 1919 – February 13, 2006) was an English philosopher, and Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford.

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Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.

Strawson (1950)

Part of my aim is to exhibit some general and structural features of the conceptual scheme in terms of which we think about particular things.

Individuals (1959)

[A] man who contradicts himself may have succeeded in exercising his vocal chords. But from the point of view of imparting information, of communicating facts (or falsehoods) it is as if he had never opened his mouth. He utters words, but does not say anything.

Introduction to Logical Theory (1952)

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