This book is an analysis of most of the "Subjective Spirit" section of Hegel's Encyclopedia. It leaves out what are by far the most familiar parts of that section, the treatment of self-consciousness and practical spirit, in order to concentrate on Hegel's neglected discussion of theoretical mind.

Hegel's Theory of Mental Activity: An Introduction to Theoretical Spirit

DeVries, Willem A.

History

Cornell Univ Pr

Knowledge, Mind, and the Given : Reading Wilfrid Sellars's "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind," Including the Complete Text of Sellars's Essay

"Sellars' s argument in EPM is enormously rich, subtle, and compelling. It is also, for the uninitiated, extraordinarily dense. Willem deVries and Timm Triplett’s comprehensive commentary Knowledge, Mind, and the Given provides a much needed guide. Beginning with a general overview to introduce some main themes and difficulties, deVries and Triplett take the reader step by step through the sixteen parts of the essay, providing at each stage necessary background, illuminating connections, and insightful clarifications of the main lines of argument. . . . deVries and Triplett have written a fine introduction to Sellars’s most important work." --Danielle Macbeth, The Philosophical Review

Politics & Social Sciences

Triplett, Timm

Philosophy

Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.

Wilfrid Sellars (Volume 7) (Philosophy Now)

Wilfrid Sellars (1912-89) has been called the most profound and systematic epistemological thinker of the twentieth century (Robert Brandom). He was in many respects ahead of his time, and many of his innovations have become widely acknowledged, for example, his attack on the myth of the given, his functionalist treatment of intentional states, his proposal that psychological concepts are like theoretical concepts, and his suggestion that attributions of knowledge locate the knower in the logical space of reasons. However, while many philosophers have begun to acknowledge Sellars's inspiration in their work, their interpretation of his thought has not always been the most accurate. His writings are difficult. Individually, his essays are complex and sometimes rely on doctrines and arguments he put forward elsewhere. Each of his articles is deepened and strengthened by seeing it in its systematic context, but he never wrote a unified exposition of his system, which therefore has to be pieced together from numerous disparate sources. careful reading and remarkable overview of Sellars's systematic philosophy that will become the standard point of reference for all philosophers seeking to understand Sellars's hugely significant body of work.

Wilfrid Sellars (Philosophy Now)

Religion & Spirituality

Routledge

Wilfred Sellars had been called 'the most profound & systematic epistemological thinker of the 20th century'. He was in many respects ahead of his time, & many of his innovations have become widely acknowledged. This title examines his thinking.

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Hegel's Theory of Mental Activity: An Introduction to Theoretical Spirit

Knowledge, Mind, and the Given : Reading Wilfrid Sellars's "Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind," Including the Complete Text of Sellars's Essay

Wilfrid Sellars (Philosophy Now)

Wilfrid Sellars (Philosophy Now)