Empiricism, Perceptual Knowledge, Normativity, and Realism: Essays on Wilfrid Sellars (Mind Association Occasional Series)

The ten essays in this collection were written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lectures which became Wilfrid Sellars's Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind , one of the crowning achievements of 20th-century analytic philosophy. Both appreciative and critical of Sellars's accomplishment, they engage with his treatment of crucial issues in metaphysics and epistemology. The topics include the standing of empiricism, Sellars's complex treatment of perception, his dissatisfaction with both foundationalist and coherentist epistemologies, his commitment to realism, and the status of the normative (the "logical space of reasons" and the "manifest image"). The volume shows how vibrant Sellarsian philosophy remains in the 21st century. Contents......Page 8 List of Contributors......Page 10 References for Sellars’s Works......Page 12 Introduction......Page 18 1. Why Is Sellars’s Essay Called "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind"?......Page 26 2. Pragmatism, Inferentialism, and Modality in Sellars’s Arguments against Empiricism......Page 50 3. Perception, Imagination, and Demonstrative Reference: A Sellarsian Account......Page 80 4. Some Sellarsian Myths......Page 118 5. Brandom’s Two-Ply Error......Page 148 6. The Tortoise and the Serpent: Sellars on the Structure of Empirical Knowledge......Page 164 7. On the Structure of Sellars’s Naturalism with a Normative Turn......Page 204 8. Getting Beyond Idealisms......Page 228 9. Functions Between Reasons and Causes: On Picturing......Page 264 10. On Sellars’s Two Images of the World......Page 300 D......Page 314 H......Page 315 M......Page 316 P......Page 317 S......Page 318 W......Page 319 Contents 8 List of Contributors 10 References for Sellars’s Works 12 Introduction 18 1. Why Is Sellars’s Essay Called "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind"? 26 2. Pragmatism, Inferentialism, and Modality in Sellars’s Arguments against Empiricism 50 3. Perception, Imagination, and Demonstrative Reference: A Sellarsian Account 80 4. Some Sellarsian Myths 118 5. Brandom’s Two-Ply Error 148 6. The Tortoise and the Serpent: Sellars on the Structure of Empirical Knowledge 164 7. On the Structure of Sellars’s Naturalism with a Normative Turn 204 8. Getting Beyond Idealisms 228 9. Functions Between Reasons and Causes: On Picturing 264 10. On Sellars’s Two Images of the World 300 Index 314 A 314 B 314 C 314 D 314 E 315 F 315 G 315 H 315 I 316 J 316 K 316 L 316 M 316 N 317 O 317 P 317 Q 318 R 318 S 318 T 319 U 319 V 319 W 319 9780199573301 Introduction Why is Sellars's essay called "empiricism and the philosophy of mind"? / John McDowell Pragmatism, inferentialism, and modality in Sellars's arguments against empiricism / Robert B. Brandom Perception, imagination and demonstrative reference : a sellarsian account / Paul Coates Some sellarsian myths / Paul Snowdon Brandom's two-ply error / Willem A. deVries and Paul Coates The tortoise and the serpent : Sellars on the structure of empirical knowledge / Michael Williams On the structure of Sellars's naturalism with a normative turn / James R. O'Shea Getting beyond idealisms / Willem A. deVries Functions between reasons and causes : on picturing / Johanna Seibt On Sellars's two images of the world / Jay F. Rosenberg. These essays were written to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the lectures which became Wilfrid Sellars's 'Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind', one of the crowning achievements of 20th century analytic philosophy. Both appreciative and critical, they engage with his treatment of crucial issues in metaphysics and epistemology