P. F. Strawson Quotes on Knowledge
Sir Peter Frederick Strawson was a British analytic philosopher and a long-standing fellow of University College, Oxford. This page collects quotes attributed to P. F. Strawson on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to P. F. Strawson:
“Descriptive metaphysics is content to describe the actual structure of our thought about the world.”
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Attributed to P. F. Strawson:
“It is no use looking for a transcendental deduction in the form of a knock-down argument.”
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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) On Referring p. 27. -
“Strawson (1950) On Referring p. 27.”
Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic. -
“[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.”
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“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.”
p. 2.