Sellars, Wilfrid

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Name (Latin)
Sellars, Wilfrid
Other forms of name
Sellars, Wilfrid Stalker
Date of birth
1912-05-20
Date of death
1989-07-02
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Metaphysics
Philosophy of mind series
Occupation
Philosophers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
b. 1912
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 88661525
Wikidata: Q712462
Library of congress: n 50006855
Sources of Information
  • Feigl, H. Readings in philosophical analysis, 1949
  • Having the world in view, 2013, ©2009:title page (Sellars) page 3 (Wilfrid Sellars; his major works includes "Science and Metaphysics: Variations on Kantian Themes", "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind")
  • Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1912)
  • Wikipedia WWW site, Jan. 16, 2019:(Wilfrid Sellars; Wilfrid Stalker Sellars, May 20, 1912 to July 2, 1989; he was an American philosopher and prominent developer of critical realism, who revolutionized both the content and the method of philosophy in the United States; educated at the University of Michigan (BA, 1933), the University at Buffalo, and Oriel College, Oxford (1934-1937), where he was a Rhodes Scholar, obtaining his highest earned degree, an MA, in 1940)
  • Feigl, H.Readings in philosophical analysis, 1949.
  • Rekategorisierung statt Reduktion, c1997:t.p. (Wilfrid Sellars) p. 1 (philosopher; 1912-1989)
  • Sellars, Wilfrid. In the space of reasons, c2007:CIP t.p. (Wilfrid Sellars) introd. (Wilfrid Stalker Sellars)
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Wikipedia description:

Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (; May 20, 1912 – July 2, 1989) was an American philosopher and prominent developer of scientific realism and critical perceptual realism who "revolutionized both the content and the method of philosophy in the United States". His work has had a profound impact in virtually all areas of analytic philosophy beginning in the latter half of the 20th century, including in epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, philosophy of perception, and philosophy of science. His most notable contributions include his critique of foundationalist epistemology (the "Myth of the Given"), a synoptic philosophy aiming to unite what he called the manifest and scientific images, and an inferentialist account of meaning.

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