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Absolute Processes
Atomic Sentences
Author_Willem A. DeVries
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Carus Lectures
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Correspondence Rules
epistemology theory
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functionalism philosophy
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Indeterminate Reference
Inference Ticket
inferences
intentional states research
Intersubjective Intention
Jones's Theory
Jones’s Theory
Language Entry Transitions
Language World Relation
Lawlike Statements
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logical
Logical Space
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Manifest Image
material
Modal Expressions
normative reasoning
Observation Knowledge
OMP
Overt Verbal Behavior
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Positive Epistemic Status
Posteriori Distinction
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Scientific Image
Sellars's Philosophy
Sellars's View
Sellars's Work
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Sellars’s Philosophy
Sellars’s View
Sellars’s Work
Sense Datum Theories
sensory perception studies
systematic epistemology overview
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- ISBN 9781844650385
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 17 Oct 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Wilfrid Sellars (1912-89) has been called "the most profound and systematic epistemological thinker of the twentieth century" (Robert Brandom). He was in many respects ahead of his time, and many of his innovations have become widely acknowledged, for example, 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". However, while many philosophers have begun to acknowledge Sellars's inspiration in their work, their interpretation of his thought has not always been the most accurate. His writings are difficult. Individually, his essays are complex and sometimes rely on doctrines and arguments he put forward elsewhere. Each of his articles is deepened and strengthened by seeing it in its systematic context, but he never wrote a unified exposition of his system, which therefore has to be pieced together from numerous disparate sources. Willem deVries addresses these difficulties specifically and provides a careful reading and remarkable overview of Sellars's systematic philosophy that will become the standard point of reference for all philosophers seeking to understand Sellars's hugely significant body of work.
Willem A. deVries is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Hampshire.
