Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind

Wilfrid Sellars

Richard Rorty

Study Guide by Robert B. Brandom

    Introduction by Richard Rorty

    An Ambiguity in Sense-Datum Theories

    Another Language?

    The Logic of 'Looks'

    Explaining Looks

    Impressions and Ideas: a Logical Point

    Impressions and Ideas: A Historical Point

    The Logic of 'Means'

    Does Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation?

    Science and Ordinary Usage

    Private Episodes: The Problem

    Thoughts: The Classical View

    Our Rylean Ancestors

    Theories and Models

    Methodological versus Philosophical Behaviorism

    The Logic of Private Episodes: Thoughts

    The Logic of Private Episodes: Impressions

    Study Guide by Robert Brandom

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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 is Professor of Comparative Literature at Stanford University. He is the 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 in the Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh.