Empiricism and the philosophy of mind
By: Wilfrid Sellars ; with an introduction by Richard Rorty, and a study guide by Robert Brandom.
Contributors: Rorty, Richard.; Brandom, Robert.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Sellars, Wilfrid.; Philosophy of mind.; Empiricism.
Description: First published in essay form in 1956, this book presents Sellars' entire philosophical system and his attack on the Myth of the Given, which raised doubts about the very idea of "epistemology". An introduction situates the work within the history of recent philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
"Taken from Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science, v. 1, The Foundations of science and the concepts of psychology and psychoanalysis"--T.p. verso.