Wilfrid Sellars (Volume 7) (Philosophy Now) - Softcover

Willem DeVries

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773530517 ISBN 13: 9780773530515

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Willem deVries is professor of philosophy, the University of New Hampshire.

From the Back Cover

Series editor: John Shand

John Shand is an associate lecturer in philosophy at the Open University. He is the author of Philosophy and Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy, and Arguing Well.

This is a fresh and vital series of new introductions to today's most read, discussed and important philosophers. Combining rigorous analysis with authoritative exposition, each book gives a clear, comprehensive and enthralling access to the ideas of those philosophers who have made a truly fundamental and original contribution to the subject. Together the volumes comprise a remarkable gallery of the thinkers who have been at the forefront of philosophical ideas.

The series is aimed primarily at upper-level undergraduate and beginning postgraduate students and, therefore, expects a reasonable level of familiarity with philosophical argument from its readership. Although central to the project is the clear presentation of the philosopher's ideas these books are also opportunities for authors to make a striking and fresh contribution to the subject while also laying a foundation for student understanding.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773530517
• ISBN 13: 9780773530515
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352