Entity and Identity And Other Essays

by Strawson, P. F.

• ISBN13: 9780198236450
• ISBN10: 019823645X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

P. F. Strawson here presents a selection of his shorter writings from the 1970s to the 1990s in the two areas of philosophy to which he has contributed most notably: philosophy of language and Kantian studies. One of these essays is published here for the first time, and one for the first time in English; several others have been difficult to find. A new introduction offers an overview of the essays, their topics, and their interrelations. This book represents some of the most fascinating work of one of the foremost philosophers of the late twentieth century.

Author Biography

Sir Peter Strawson is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy in the University of Oxford, and an Honorary Fellow of Magdalen, St John's, and University Colleges.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(20)
1. Entity and Identity	21	(31)
2. Universals	52	(12)
3. Positions for Quantifiers	64	(21)
4. Concepts and Properties	85	(7)
5. Direct Singular Reference: Intended Reference and Actual Reference	92	(8)
6. Belief, Reference, and Quantification	100	(23)
7. Reference and Its Roots	123	(19)
8. Logical Form and Logical Constants	142	(20)
9. 'If' and	162	(17)
10. May Bes and Might have Beens	179	(12)
11. Austin and 'Locutionary Meaning'	191	(25)
12. Meaning and Context	216	(16)
13. Kant's New Foundations of Metaphysics	232	(12)
14. The Problem of Realism and the A Priori	244	(8)
15. Kant's Paralogisms: Self-Consciousness and the 'Outside Observer'	252	(16)
16. Kant on Substance	268	(13)
Bibliography	281	(2)
Index	283