Wilfrid Sellars / Willem A. DeVries.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeVries, Willem A., 1950- author.

Series:

Philosophy now.

Philosophy now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sellars, Wilfrid.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 338 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Wilfrid Sellars (1912–89) 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". Sellars is, however, notoriously difficult to understand. His essays are complex and sometimes rely on doctrines and arguments he put forward elsewhere. Although each of his articles is deepened and strengthened by seeing it in its systematic context, Sellars never wrote a unified exposition of his system. Willem deVries addresses these difficulties and provides a careful reading and remarkable overview of Sellars's 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:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1 Sellars's philosophical enterprise; 2 Sellars's philosophy of language; 3 Categories, the a priori, and transcendental philosophy; 4 Sellars's nominalism; 5 Knowledge and the given; 6 Science and reality; 7 Intentionality and the mental; 8 Sensory consciousness; 9 Practical reason; 10 The necessity of the normative; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49411-3

1-317-49412-1

1-315-71216-4

1-282-53466-1

9786612534669

1-84465-316-1

9781315712161

OCLC:

898771497