214. The Myth of the Given
Channel: THUNK
Date: 2021-09-21

We normally think of our beliefs as being held up by a structure of supporting evidence & justification, ultimately based in some fundamental, irrefutable, "given" facts, but Wilfred Sellars thinks "givens" are a myth.

- Links for the Curious -

Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind (Sellars, 1956) - https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/184083/1_11_Sellars.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

The Partially Examined Life, Episode 154: Wilfrid Sellars on the Myth of the Given - https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2016/12/19/episode-154-1-sellars/ 


THUNK episodes I’ll have to reconsider now:
58. The Problem of Induction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu6kkLJ58Z064. The Argumentative Theory of Human Reason - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cduyyif7BVY79. Science, Pseudoscience, & the Demarcation Problem | THUNK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dmOmprI0v4159. Theories of Truth, Part 1 | THUNK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgDAQw3XJzE63. Metaethics: Moral Realism & Antirealism | THUNK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krOBdYnWKNk156. Less Wrong, Rationality, and Logicbros | THUNK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtg9tQ4mqLc131. Puzzles of Epistemology | THUNK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxxOanHdpGk