Wilfrid Sellars / Willem A. deVries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeVries, Willem A., 1950-

Series:

Philosophy now (Montreal, Quebec)

Philosophy now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sellars, Wilfrid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wilfrid Sellars (1912-1989) has been called the most profound and systematic epistemological thinker of the twentieth century. Many of his ideas have become widely acknowledged, including his attack on the "myth of the given," his functionalist treatment of intentional states, his proposal that psychological concepts are like theoretical concepts, and his suggestion that attributions of knowledge locate the knower "in the logical space of reasons." Notoriously difficult to understand, Sellars' essays are not only complex but were never situated within a unified exposition of his thought. Willem deVries addresses these difficulties and provides a careful reading and remarkable overview of Sellars' systematic philosophy. This clear, comprehensive, and authoritative work will become the standard point of reference for all philosophers seeking to understand Sellars's hugely significant body of work.

Contents:

Sellar's philosophical enterprise

Sellar's philosophy of language

Categories, the a prior, and transcendental philosophy

Sellars's nominalism

Knowledge and the given

Science and reality

Intentionality and the mental

Sensory consciousness

Practical reason

The necessity of the normative.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-8157-X

OCLC:

767671690