Wilfrid Sellars

Wilfrid Sellars
Wilfrid Sellars
Born	Wilfrid Stalker Sellars; May 20, 1912; Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1989 (aged 77); Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	University of Michigan (B.A., 1933); University at Buffalo (M.A., 1934); Oriel College, Oxford (B.A., 1936; MA, 1940)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic; Pittsburgh School; Process philosophy; Critical realism (philosophy of perception); Anti-foundationalism
Institutions	University of Pittsburgh
Academic advisors	Marvin Farber; Thomas Dewar Weldon
Doctoral students	Jay Rosenberg; György Márkus; Paul Churchland; Robert Kane; Christopher Gauker; Héctor-Neri Castañeda; Richard Creath
Other notable students	Fred Dretske
Main interests	Philosophy of mind; Philosophy of perception; Epistemology; Meaning; Pragmatism; Behaviorism; History of philosophy
Notable ideas	Critical realism (philosophy of perception); Criticism of foundationalist epistemology (the "Myth of the Given"); Psychological nominalism; Kantian empiricism; The distinction between the 'manifest' and the 'scientific' image; Logical space of reasons (the realm of the semantic); Sellarsian dilemma for foundationalism; Synoptic vision; Rylean myth

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Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (May 20, 1912 – July 2, 1989) was an American philosopher and prominent developer of critical realism,^[10] who "revolutionized both the content and the method of philosophy in the United States".^[11]

^ "Process Philosophy". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2021.
^ Ted Poston, "Foundationalism" (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
^ ^a ^b James R. O'Shea, Wilfrid Sellars and His Legacy, Oxford University Press, 2016, p. 4.
^ ^a ^b ^c Wilfrid Sellars (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2009 Edition)
^ Foundationalist Theories of Epistemic Justification (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
^ Wilfrid Sellars (1962). "Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man," in: Robert Colodny, ed., Frontiers of Science and Philosophy, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 35–78. Reprinted in Science, Perception and Reality (1963).
^ Jay F. Rosenberg (1990). "Fusing the Images: Nachruf for Wilfrid Sellars." Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 21: 1–23.
^ Cite error: The named reference SEP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Hunter, Bruce, 2016 "Clarence Irving Lewis" in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
^ Willem deVries, 2014. "Wilfrid Sellars," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Aug. 11,
^ "A Philosopher Who Shattered Our Complacency". The New York Times. 15 August 1989.

[1] "Process Philosophy". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2021.

[Poston-2] Ted Poston, "Foundationalism" (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

[JROS-3] James R. O'Shea, Wilfrid Sellars and His Legacy, Oxford University Press, 2016, p. 4.

[SEP2009-4] Wilfrid Sellars (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2009 Edition)

[5] Foundationalist Theories of Epistemic Justification (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

[6] Wilfrid Sellars (1962). "Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man," in: Robert Colodny, ed., Frontiers of Science and Philosophy, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 35–78. Reprinted in Science, Perception and Reality (1963).

[7] Jay F. Rosenberg (1990). "Fusing the Images: Nachruf for Wilfrid Sellars." Journal for General Philosophy of Science, 21: 1–23.

[SEP-8] Cite error: The named reference SEP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[SEP-CIL-9] Hunter, Bruce, 2016 "Clarence Irving Lewis" in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

[10] Willem deVries, 2014. "Wilfrid Sellars," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Aug. 11,

[11] "A Philosopher Who Shattered Our Complacency". The New York Times. 15 August 1989.

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Wilfrid Sellars

Born	Wilfrid Stalker Sellars (1912-05-20)May 20, 1912 Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Died	July 2, 1989(1989-07-02) (aged 77) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	University of Michigan (B.A., 1933) University at Buffalo (M.A., 1934)^[4] Oriel College, Oxford (B.A., 1936; MA, 1940)

Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Analytic Pittsburgh School Process philosophy^[1] Critical realism (philosophy of perception) Anti-foundationalism^[2]
Institutions	University of Pittsburgh
Academic advisors	Marvin Farber^[3] Thomas Dewar Weldon
Doctoral students	Jay Rosenberg György Márkus Paul Churchland Robert Kane Christopher Gauker Héctor-Neri Castañeda Richard Creath
Other notable students	Fred Dretske
Main interests	Philosophy of mind Philosophy of perception Epistemology Meaning Pragmatism Behaviorism History of philosophy
Notable ideas	Critical realism (philosophy of perception) Criticism of foundationalist epistemology (the "Myth of the Given") Psychological nominalism Kantian empiricism^[4] The distinction between the 'manifest' and the 'scientific' image Logical space of reasons (the realm of the semantic)^[4] Sellarsian dilemma for foundationalism^[5] Synoptic vision^[6]^[7] Rylean myth^[8]