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The ten essays in this collection were written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lectures which became Wilfrid Sellars's Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, one of the crowning achievements of 20th-century analytic philosophy. Both appreciative and critical of Sellars's accomplishment, they engage with his treatment of crucial issues in metaphysics and epistemology. The topics include the standing of empiricism, Sellars's complex treatment ofperception, his dissatisfaction with both foundationalist and coherentist epistemologies, his commitment to realism, and the status of the normative (the "logical space of reasons" and the "manifest image"). Thevolume shows how vibrant Sellarsian philosophy remains in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Willem deVries is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire. He was a student of Wilfrid Sellars' and has published extensively on his work.

Table of Contents

Willem deVries: Introduction1: John McDowell: Why Is Sellars's Essay Called Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind?2: Robert B. Brandom: Pragmatism, Inferentialism, and Modality in Sellars's Arguments against Empiricism3: Paul Coates: Perception, Imagination and Demonstrative Reference: A Sellarsian Account4: Paul Snowdon: Some Sellarsian Myths5: Willem A. deVries and Paul Coates: Brandom's Two-Ply Error6: Michael Williams: The Tortoise and the Serpent: Sellars on the Structure of Empirical Knowledge7: James R. O'Shea: On the Structure of Sellars' Naturalism with a Normative Turn8: Willem A. deVries: Getting Beyond Idealisms9: Johanna Seibt: Functions Between Reasons and Causes: On Picturing10: Jay F. Rosenberg: On Sellars' Two Images Of The WorldNotes

Review

Willem deVries has brought together a number of commanding figures in contemporary philosophy, offering careful scholarly articles on a wide range of themes from Sellars. The papers fit together well, covering several themes and writings from Sellars, and frequently providing complementary coverage of certain topics. * Jack C. Lyons, Mind *
This collection of essays is an important contribution to the understanding of Sellars's thought. William deVries has brought together a number of commanding figures in contemporary philosophy, offering careful scholarly articles on a wide range of themes from Sellars. The papers fit together well, covering several themes and writings from Sellars, and frequently providing complementary coverage of certain topics. * Jack C. Lyons, Mind *

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Leading philosophers from both sides of the Atlantic present essays on Wilfrid Sellars' Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, one of the crowning achievements of 20th-century analytic philosophy

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The ten essays in this collection were written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lectures which became Wilfrid Sellars's Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, one of the crowning achievements of 20th-century analytic philosophy. Both appreciative and critical of Sellars's accomplishment, they engage with his treatment of crucial issues in metaphysics and epistemology. The topics include the standing of empiricism, Sellars's complex treatment ofperception, his dissatisfaction with both foundationalist and coherentist epistemologies, his commitment to realism, and the status of the normative (the "logical space of reasons" and the "manifest image"). The volume shows how vibrant Sellarsian philosophy remains in the 21st century.

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Willem deVries has brought together a number of commanding figures in contemporary philosophy, offering careful scholarly articles on a wide range of themes from Sellars. The papers fit together well, covering several themes and writings from Sellars, and frequently providing complementary coverage of certain topics.

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There is currently a considerable revival of interest in Sellars' work
Clear and well structured essays by an eminent group of international scholars
Essential reference point for anyone working on twentieth-century philosophy

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