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Galen Strawson Quotes

Galen Strawson is a British philosopher, professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and the son of P. F. The quotes below are attributed to Galen Strawson, organized by topic.

Galen Strawson on Freedom

  • Attributed to Galen Strawson:

    “Ultimate moral responsibility is impossible, because no one can be the cause of itself.”

Galen Strawson on Mind

  • Attributed to Galen Strawson:

    “Realistic physicalism, taken seriously, is panpsychism.”

  • Attributed to Galen Strawson:

    “I do not have a narrative self, and I do not need one.”

  • Attributed to Galen Strawson:

    “The hardest problem in philosophy of mind is the hardness of the problem itself.”

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Galen Strawson on Nature

  • Attributed to Galen Strawson:

    “There is more to physical reality than physics measures.”