Empiricism & the Philosophy of Mind (Orig Pub in Minnesota Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol 1, Ed. Herbert Feigl, 1956) - Hardcover

Sellars, Wilfrid

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674251547 ISBN 13: 9780674251540

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1997

Synopsis

First published in essay form in 1956, this book presents Sellars' entire philosophical system and his attack on the Myth of the Given, which raised doubts about the very idea of epistemology. An introduction situates the work within the history of recent philosophy.

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About the Author:

Wilfrid Sellars (1912-1989) graduated from the University of Michigan in 1933. He taught at Iowa, Minnesota, and Yale, and was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1963 until his death. His works include Science and Metaphysics (1968) and Science, Perception, and Reality (1963). Richard Rorty is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of the landmark works Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature; Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity; and The Consequences of Pragmatism. Robert B. Brandom is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0674251547
• ISBN 13: 9780674251540
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184