Wilfrid Sellars
Contemporary United States Analytic Philosophy
Biography
American philosopher. Known for his critique of the "myth of the given".
Life Dates
Born: May 20, 1912
Died: July 2, 1989
Notable Quotes
"The myth of the given."
"The manifest and scientific images."
"Empiricism and the philosophy of mind."
"The space of reasons."
"Philosophy is the theory of how things in the broadest possible sense hang together in the broadest possible sense."
Contemporaries
John RawlsJudith ButlerMartha NussbaumCornel WestNancy CartwrightWillard Van Orman QuineThomas KuhnJohn RawlsRichard RortyNoam ChomskyMartha NussbaumDaniel DennettJudith ButlerCornel WestAlvin PlantingaSaul KripkeHilary PutnamJohn SearleThomas NagelRobert NozickChristine KorsgaardMichael SandelNancy FraserLinda ZagzebskiDavid LewisPeter van InwagenHelen LonginoElliott SoberPaul BoghossianRobert BrandomHubert DreyfusAlison GopnikStephen YabloSally HaslangerPeter RailtonFred DretskeTyler BurgeRuth MillikanNed BlockSydney ShoemakerRoderick ChisholmNelson Goodman