An original collection of lauded philosopher Galen Strawson's writings on the self and consciousness, naturalism and pan-psychism.
PROVISIONAL TOC
The Unstoried Life: On Self and Consciousness
Galen Strawson
1. The Sense of the Self
2. Luck Swallows Everything
3. A Fallacy of Our Age
4. A Hundred Years of Consciousness
5. Real Naturalism
6. I Have No Future
7. The Unstoried Life
8. Untitled Autobiographical Piece
Galen Strawson is a writer and professor of philosophy. He has published seven books of philosophy and is currently the President's Chair in Philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin.
"Galen Strawson is one of the cleverest men alive." —Ian McEwan
“In this collection of essays, Strawson enables lay readers to see
a philosopher at work….Strawson’s skill at argument, highly
personal views, and immense learning make this book ideal for
anyone interested in philosophy. Comparable to Thomas Nagel’s
The Last Word.” —Library Journal, starred review
"Galen Strawson’s Things That Bother Me is, despite its title, no
collection of complaints. Rather, Strawson invokes the notion of
being bothered in the largest sense, engaging with the ideas, or
conditions of living, that will not leave him alone. He is that
most unlikely of thinkers, the pragmatic philosopher…The book is
accessible and intelligent, written for a diverse range of readers,
engaged in both the author’s personality and his ideas.” —David
Ulin, 4Columns
"I found Things That Bother Me captivating, not only for its
philosophical insightfulness but also for its wit and pathos.
Strawson, by not hiding behind the façade of the impersonal point
of view, manages to draw a reader close, even while discussing some
rather abstruse topics. It is a rare and wonderful philosopher who
can make almost anybody be bothered by the things that bother him."
—Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex:
Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away
"Galen Strawson has a marvelous gift for untangling even the most
complex lines in philosophical thinking and laying them straight.
He writes with humor, clarity and always from a recognizably human
place. Even the most complex and controversial areas in modern
philosophy come into the light when you are in his benign
company.... He opens windows and finds light-switches like no other
philosopher writing today." —Stephen Fry
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