20th century · 1919–2006

Who influenced P. F. Strawson?

Influences

Descriptive metaphysics of persons and the bounds of sense.

P. F. Strawson was influenced by Bertrand Russell. That is 1 line of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.

Who was P. F. Strawson?

P. F. Strawson spent most of his career at Oxford, where he was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy from 1968 to 1987.

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that his influence on philosophy was considerable both in his lifetime and since his death.

Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.

1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.

The longest documented line of influence ending at P. F. Strawson runs 26 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.

Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of P. F. Strawson, with no direct line between them.

Analytic philosophers: Gottlob Frege, G. E. Moore, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Rudolf Carnap, A. J. Ayer, W. V. O. Quine, Gilbert Ryle, P. F. Strawson, Donald Davidson, Saul Kripke

Who influenced P. F. Strawson?: Bertrand Russell.
Who did P. F. Strawson influence?: No later thinker on this map is recorded as drawing directly on P. F. Strawson.
When did P. F. Strawson live?: 1919–2006. The map files P. F. Strawson under the 20th century.
How rare is the P. F. Strawson card?: Wikipedia carries an article on P. F. Strawson in 30 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.