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Zusatztext 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. Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Leading philosophers from both sides of the Atlantic present essays on Wilfrid Sellars's Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, one of the crowning achievements of 20th-century analytic philosophy. They discuss empiricism, perception, epistemology, realism, and normativity, showing how vibrant Sellarsian philosophy remains in the 21st century. 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 Zusammenfassung Leading philosophers from both sides of the Atlantic present essays on Wilfrid Sellars's Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, one of the crowning achievements of 20th-century analytic philosophy. They discuss empiricism, perception, epistemology, realism, and normativity, showing how vibrant Sellarsian philosophy remains in the 21st century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: 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 Empiricism 3: Paul Coates: Perception, Imagination and Demonstrative Reference: A Sellarsian Account 4: Paul Snowdon: Some Sellarsian Myths 5: Willem A. deVries and Paul Coates: Brandom's Two-Ply Error 6: Michael Williams: The Tortoise and the Serpent: Sellars on the Structure of Empirical Knowledge 7: James R. O'Shea: On the Structure of Sellars' Naturalism with a Normative Turn 8: Willem A. deVries: Getting Beyond Idealisms 9: Johanna Seibt: Functions Between Reasons and Causes: On Picturing 10: Jay F. Rosenberg: On Sellars' Two Images Of The World Notes ...
