Knowledge, Mind and the Given: Reading Wilfrid Sellars' Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, Including the Complete Text of Sellars' Essay / Edition 1

Knowledge, Mind and the Given: Reading Wilfrid Sellars' Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, Including the Complete Text of Sellars' Essay / Edition 1

by Willem A. deVries, Timm Triplett
ISBN-10:
0872205509
ISBN-13:
9780872205505
Pub. Date:
09/01/2000
Publisher:
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN-10:
0872205509
ISBN-13:
9780872205505
Pub. Date:
09/01/2000
Publisher:
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Knowledge, Mind and the Given: Reading Wilfrid Sellars' Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, Including the Complete Text of Sellars' Essay / Edition 1

Knowledge, Mind and the Given: Reading Wilfrid Sellars' Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind, Including the Complete Text of Sellars' Essay / Edition 1

by Willem A. deVries, Timm Triplett

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Overview


"Sellars' s argument in EPM is enormously rich, subtle, and compelling. It is also, for the uninitiated, extraordinarily dense. Willem deVries and Timm Triplett’s comprehensive commentary Knowledge, Mind, and the Given provides a much needed guide. Beginning with a general overview to introduce some main themes and difficulties, deVries and Triplett take the reader step by step through the sixteen parts of the essay, providing at each stage necessary background, illuminating connections, and insightful clarifications of the main lines of argument. . . . deVries and Triplett have written a fine introduction to Sellars’s most important work." --Danielle Macbeth, The Philosophical Review

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780872205505
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date: 09/01/2000
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Willem A. deVries is Professor of Philosophy, University of New Hampshire.

Timm Triplett is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of New Hampshire.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsix
Preface: A Guide for the Perplexedxi
Introductionxv
1EPM Part I: An Ambiguity in Sense-Datum Theories1
2EPM Part II: Another Language?16
3EPM Part III: The Logic of 'Looks'19
4EPM Part IV: Explaining Looks34
5EPM Part V: Impressions and Ideas: A Logical Point46
6EPM Part VI: Impressions and Ideas: An Historical Point52
7EPM Part VII: The Logic of 'Means'59
8EPM Part VIII: Does Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?67
9EPM Part IX: Science and Ordinary Usage108
10EPM Part X: Private Episodes: The Problem117
11EPM Part XI: Thoughts: The Classical View123
12EPM Part XII: Our Rylean Ancestors126
13EPM Part XIII: Theories and Models132
14EPM Part XIV: Methodological versus Philosophical Behaviorism136
15EPM Part XV: The Logic of Private Episodes: Thoughts141
16EPM Part XVI: The Logic of Private Episodes: Impressions158
Glossary179
References198
AppendixWilfrid Sellars205
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Index277
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