Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Wilfrid Sellars (1912-1989) graduated from the University of Michigan in 1933. He taught at Iowa, Minnesota, and Yale, and was University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh from 1963 until his death. His works include Science and Metaphysics (1968) and Science, Perception, and Reality (1963).Richard Rorty was Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University and author of the landmark worksPhilosophy and the Mirror of Nature;Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity; andThe Consequences of Pragmatism.Robert B. Brandom is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh.