Real Materialism

gives a clear, rational and sympathetic picture of humanity's place in a wholly material reality. * John Dance, Journal of Consciousness Studies *
Strawson's work is not like that of any other contemporary philosopher. He is fiercely hostile to many of the assumptions and practices which contemporary philosophy has inherited from the twentieth century, which he regards as ' the silliest of all centuries'. One gets the feeling, reading these essays, that Strawson believes that the philosophers of the future will find it difficult to relate to the mindset of their predecessors, who felt able to deny the existence of conscious experience (over and above functional/physical properties) and causation (over and above regularity). Perhaps he is right. If so, then Real Materialism will be viewed as a rare beacon of common sense in an ocean of intellectual eccentricity. * Philip Goff, Philosophical Quarterly *
immensely interesting and provocative, and written in an enjoyably combative style ... a fascinating and engrossing collection of papers, of which every one is deserving of detailed discussion. * Geoffrey Madell, Philosophy *