{"product_id":"empiricism-and-the-philosophy-of-mind-9780674251557","title":"Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most important work by one of America's greatest twentieth-century philosophers, \u003ci\u003eEmpiricism and the Philosophy of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is both the epitome of Wilfrid Sellars' entire philosophical system and a key document in the history of philosophy. First published in essay form in 1956, it helped bring about a sea change in analytic philosophy. It broke the link, which had bound Russell and Ayer to Locke and Hume--the doctrine of \"knowledge by acquaintance.\" Sellars' attack on the Myth of the Given in \u003ci\u003eEmpiricism and the Philosophy of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e was a decisive move in turning analytic philosophy away from the foundationalist motives of the logical empiricists and raised doubts about the very idea of \"epistemology.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an introduction by Richard Rorty to situate the work within the history of recent philosophy, and with a study guide by Robert Brandom, this publication of \u003ci\u003eEmpiricism and the Philosophy of Mind\u003c\/i\u003e makes a difficult but indisputably significant figure in the development of analytic philosophy clear and comprehensible to anyone who would understand that philosophy or its history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSellars, Wilfrid:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - 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).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrandom, Robert B.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Robert B. Brandom is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the British Academy. He delivered the John Locke Lectures at the University of Oxford and the Woodbridge Lectures at Columbia University. Brandom is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eMaking It Explicit\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReason in Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFrom Empiricism to Expressivism\u003c\/i\u003e (all from Harvard).\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRorty, Richard:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Richard Rorty (1931-2007) authored several landmark books and essay collections, including \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and the Mirror of Nature\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eConsequences of Pragmatism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eContingency, Irony, and Solidarity\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eAchieving Our Country: Leftist Thought in Twentieth-Century America\u003c\/i\u003e. He taught at Wellesley College, Princeton University, the University of Virginia, and Stanford University.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50326939140370,"sku":"9780674251557","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_00e073f5-3e79-4e83-ad08-0b64ae9907b5.jpg?v=1727707148","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/empiricism-and-the-philosophy-of-mind-9780674251557","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}