Brandt S (2016)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2016
DOI: 10.1080/09608788.2016.1225566
I compare Sellars’s criticism of the ‘myth of the given’ with Quine’s criticism of the ‘two dogmas’ of empiricism, that is, the analytic–synthetic distinction and reductionism. In Sections I to III, I present Quine’s and Sellars’s views. In IV to X, I discuss similarities and differences in their views. In XI to XII, I show that Sellars’s arguments against the ‘myth of the given’ are incompatible with Quine’s rejection of the analytic–synthetic distinction.
APA:
Brandt, S. (2016). Sellars and Quine on Empiricism and Conceptual Truth. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2016.1225566
MLA:
Brandt, Stefan. "Sellars and Quine on Empiricism and Conceptual Truth." British Journal for the History of Philosophy (2016).
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