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Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind Paperback – April 24, 1997

ISBN-13: 978-0674251557 ISBN-10: 0674251555 Edition: Second Printing

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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Harvard University Press; Second Printing edition (April 24, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0674251555
  • ISBN-13: 978-0674251557
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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About the Author

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 works Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature; Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity; and The 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.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful By Brian C. Holly on August 6, 2002
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I have come back to this essay by Sellars again and again for over thirty years, and have never failed to impressed and inspired. Sellars can always get me to think at a deeper level than I'm used to. Second only perhaps to Wittgenstein in influence, Sellars is a philosopher's philosopher: understanding him requires a thorough grounding in the history of philosophy, and this essay in particular takes it for granted that you understand 20th century empricism and "sense data" theories pretty well. Even so, the writing style can be both dense and difficult, but reading it aloud can untangle any number of tricky passages. If you're not quite so well versed in history of philosophy, a similar critique can be found in J.L. Austin's "Sense and Sensibilia," which is more accessible but not nearly as profound. In the course of showing the futility of finding incorrigibile foundations for empirical knowledge in sense experience, Sellars simultaneously develops a strictly behavioristic psychology that legitimizes all the goodies, all the mental vocabulary, that folks like Skinner forbade. A tour de force unequalled in 80 years. Bob Brandom's explicatory essay is very helpful, and untwists several tricky knots in the text.
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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful By A Customer on June 21, 1998
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"Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind" is an essential epistemological text of the twentieth century. It is difficult: each sentence is difficult. Sellars is said to have shown the existence of a private language by writing in one. The guide by Brandom does not much clarify and simplify the argument of Sellars for two reasons. It is impossible to do this. And Brandom wants to and does contribute significantly to Sellars scholarship. Sellars writes for the professional philosopher. If you plan to be such, or if you want to encounter philosophy at its most profound, you should study the book.
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18 of 24 people found the following review helpful By A Customer on May 22, 1998
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There are two areas to comment on with regards to this printing of "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind" (EPM). The first is the presentation style and the second is the content. On the presentation: Rorty's introduction is very helpful in preparing one to read the book. The large print will be a welcome relief to anyone who has squinted at the pages of *Science, Perception and Reality* which also includes EPM. However, the omission of the footnotes Sellars added in 1963 is very odd. Also, the endnote markers are not superscripted but merely placed in parentheses which can be confusing since at other times a number in () is not referring to an endnote but rather to a numbered paragraph. Be forewarned that Brandom's study guide is not exegetical as one might hope. It is an interpretation of the work. On the content: This book is definitely not for beginners, and one can become quickly annoyed at Sellars' use of cliches as references to philosophical systems. Also, Sellars will make reference to specific philosophers without actually naming them, making it difficult to figure out just what specific advocation of a view he is rejecting (See for example Section 30). Other times, he will specifically mention who he has in mind, such as in Sections 8-9 when he brings up the name of A.J. Ayer. It should go without saying that the claims Sellars makes are by no means easy to grasp and they are even less easy to accept. A note on my low ranking of this book: I gave it a 4 mostly because of Sellars' difficult writing style, and not because of the shortcomings in presentation mentioned above.
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35 of 48 people found the following review helpful By Zeno of Citium on August 8, 2000
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I do not understand why it is always said that Sellars' language was so difficult. I found his philosophical style quite straight-on. Unfortunately, Sellars' main work is punctuated by some passages of superficial and/or incorrect reasoning, at which passages some may assume that they do not understand Sellars' argumentation - though it "has to be profound" (because of Sellars' reputation). The most important issue in this essay is the impossibility of reporting sense impressions without using language (with all implications that come along with that), and the repercussions of this circumstance on the philosophy of logical empiricism in its early stage (though Sellars obviously thinks his ideas impact on all forms of empiricism, which is not true). Along that line, Sellars has many good points that should be considered in the philosophy of science and in common sense reasoning, yet his reputed final dismantling of the "myth" of the given never takes place; in Sellars intentions, maybe, but his arguments are a far cry from being a stringent refutation. They are simply too superficial and too colloquial for that. (Cf. Putnam's model-theoretic arguments against realism, for a contrast.) What is really unfortunate for Sellars' essay is that, in this edition, it is framed by Rorty and Brandom. The philosophical humorist Rorty has contributed a foreword in an attempt to assimilate Sellars serious philosophical project into his radical-relativist historicizing outlook of philosophy, thus completely misleading the unknowing reader. The bright, but misguided, Brandom offers a study guide, which is no study guide, but an attempt to direct the reader at those aspects of Sellars' essay, which Brandom's own inferentialist philosophy is supposed to stem from.Read more ›
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