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Knowledge, Mind, and the Given
Triplett Timm
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Description for Knowledge, Mind, and the Given
Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 504.
"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 ... Read more Show Less
"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 ... Read more Show Less
Product Details
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9780872205512
SKU
V9780872205512
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About Triplett Timm
Willem A. deVries is Professor of Philosophy, University of New Hampshire. Timm Triplett is Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of New Hampshire.
Reviews for Knowledge, Mind, and the Given
"Knowledge, Mind, and the Given serves three purposes, and it serves them very well. First, it patiently, accurately and comprehensively supplies the necessary information about the historical and contemporaneous ideas, views, problems and theories which constitute the conceptual setting for Sellars’s theses and argumentation. Second, it provides a careful and lucid section-by-section interpretive explanation of Sellars’s own principal views and ... Read more