Galen Strawson
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Galen Strawson is a contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and the critique of free will and moral responsibility.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Galen Strawson canonical | 3 |
| Strawson | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4492832 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Galen Strawson Context triple: [Strawsonian tradition in metaphysics, associatedWithPhilosopher, Galen Strawson]
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Peter van Inwagen
Peter van Inwagen is a prominent contemporary American analytic philosopher best known for his work on metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of religion.
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Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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C.
Crispin Wright
Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
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D.
J. J. C. Smart
J. J. C. Smart was an influential Australian philosopher best known for his work in philosophy of mind, particularly his defense of the mind–brain identity theory, and in ethics and metaphysics.
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E.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a British film producer known for his work on notable movies such as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and other major studio productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Galen Strawson Target entity description: Galen Strawson is a contemporary British philosopher known for his influential work in metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and the critique of free will and moral responsibility.
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A.
Peter van Inwagen
Peter van Inwagen is a prominent contemporary American analytic philosopher best known for his work on metaphysics, free will, and the philosophy of religion.
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B.
Roderick Chisholm
Roderick Chisholm was a 20th-century American analytic philosopher known for his influential work in epistemology, metaphysics, and the theory of perception.
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C.
Crispin Wright
Crispin Wright is a prominent contemporary British philosopher best known for his influential work in the philosophy of language, logic, and mathematics, particularly on realism, anti-realism, and the nature of truth.
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D.
J. J. C. Smart
J. J. C. Smart was an influential Australian philosopher best known for his work in philosophy of mind, particularly his defense of the mind–brain identity theory, and in ethics and metaphysics.
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E.
Bernard Williams
Bernard Williams was a British film producer known for his work on notable movies such as "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and other major studio productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British philosopher
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analytic philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| childOf | P. F. Strawson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| familyName |
Strawson
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linked to:
Galen Strawson
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| fieldOfWork |
metaphysics
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moral responsibility ⓘ panpsychism ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of free will ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of personal identity ⓘ |
| genre | academic philosophy ⓘ |
| givenName | Galen ⓘ |
| hasRelative | P. F. Strawson ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
consciousness
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free will ⓘ moral responsibility ⓘ self and personal identity ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary debates on free will
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contemporary debates on moral responsibility ⓘ contemporary philosophy of mind ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bertrand Russell
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David Hume ⓘ Galileo Galilei ⓘ P. F. Strawson ⓘ William James ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| name | Galen Strawson ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
basic argument against moral responsibility
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critique of narrative self ⓘ episodic vs diachronic self ⓘ panpsychist view of consciousness ⓘ real materialism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Consciousness and Its Place in Nature
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Freedom and Belief ⓘ Locke on Personal Identity ⓘ Mental Reality ⓘ Real Materialism and Other Essays ⓘ Selves: An Essay in Revisionary Metaphysics ⓘ The Evident Connexion: Hume on Personal Identity ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
criticism of narrative theories of the self
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denial of ultimate moral responsibility ⓘ hard incompatibilism about free will ⓘ materialism about the mental ⓘ panpsychism about consciousness ⓘ realist view of consciousness ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy ⓘ |
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