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Galen Strawson

Surreal illustration of a lone man in a suit, walking up stairs over a night-lit ocean to a door inside of the moon.

Living in a Material World: Philosopher Galen Strawson tackles a few of life’s nagging questions

July 2, 2018 by Michelle Bryant

Writer and actor Stephen Fry says Galen Strawson “opens windows and finds light-switches like no other philosopher writing today,” and novelist Ian McEwan simply dubs Strawson “one of the cleverest men alive.” High praise for this UT professor of philosophy, who discusses his latest book, Things That Bother Me: Death, Freedom, The Self, Etc. with Life […]

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