This philosopher wrote an article arguing that phrases of the form "the so-and-so" imply existence rather than assert existence, and in that article he distinguished sentences, uses, and utterances.
This philosopher wrote an article arguing that phrases of the form "the so-and-so" imply existence rather than assert existence, and in that article he distinguished sentences, uses, and utterances. He began another article by claiming to not know "what the thesis of determinism is" before suggesting a compromise between optimists and pessimists through an appeal to "reactive attitudes." He claimed emotions show that determinism has no affect on moral obligation in "Freedom and Resentment." This philosopher rejected Kant's transcendental idealism for violating the "principle of significance" in The Bounds of Sense. In another work, he suggests the existence of a "master-sound" and argues against the no-ownership view of self. That work considers Leibnizian counter-arguments in the section "Monads" and claims that the title entities are "basic particulars" in sections titled "Bodies" and "Persons." FTP, name this Oxford philosopher, who originated "descriptive metaphysics" in his magnum opus Individuals.
This philosopher wrote an article arguing that phrases of the form "the so-and-so" imply existence rather than assert existence, and in that article he distinguished sentences, uses, and utterances.
P. F. Strawson [or Peter Frederick Strawson]