ABSTRACT

By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers. First published thirty years ago but long since unavailable, Freedom and Resentment collects some of Strawson's most important work and is an ideal introduction to his thinking on such topics as the philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology and aesthetics.

Beginning with the title essay Freedom and Resentment, this invaluable collection is testament to the astonishing range of Strawson's thought as he discusses free will, ethics and morality, logic, the mind-body problem and aesthetics. The book is perhaps best-known for its three interrelated chapters on perception and the imagination, subjects now at the very forefront of philosophical research.

This reissue includes a substantial new foreword by Paul Snowdon and a fascinating intellectual autobiography by Strawson.

chapter 1|28 pages

FREEDOM AND RESENTMENT

chapter 2|21 pages

SOCIAL MORALITY AND INDIVIDUAL IDEAL

chapter 3|23 pages

IMAGINATION AND PERCEPTION

chapter 4|21 pages

CAUSATION IN PERCEPTION

chapter 5|25 pages

Perception and Identification

chapter 6|28 pages

CATEGORIES

chapter 8|10 pages

SELF, MIND AND BODY

chapter 9|12 pages

AESTHETIC APPRAISAL AND WORKS OF ART

chapter 10|10 pages

IS EXISTENCE NEVER A PREDICATE?