SCIENCE, PERCEPTION, REALITY - WILFRID SELLARS

Discover the fascinating journey into the depths of the mind and cognition with Wilfrid Sellars' work "Science, Perception, Reality". This fundamental book, first published in 1963, is a collection of essays that analyze the relationships between science and our everyday experience. Sellars, a prominent philosopher of the 20th century, invites the reader to reflect on the nature of cognition, perception, and their influence on our understanding of the world.

• Critical analysis of the myth of the given
• Relationship between scientific and manifest image
• Co-creation of a coherent experience
• Metaphysical perspective of the role of science
• In-depth study of the philosophy of mind

Wilfrid Sellars, an American philosopher, became known for his innovative approach to epistemology and philosophy of mind. His works, characterized by interdisciplinarity, combine elements of philosophy, psychology, and cognitive science. Sellars questioned traditional beliefs about direct access to knowledge, proposing a more complex model of cognition in which perception is an active process of interpretation.

In "Science, Perception, Reality" Sellars analyzes the relationship between the scientific image and the manifest image, corresponding to everyday knowledge. Both of these images co-create our coherent experience, contributing something valuable. However, from a metaphysical point of view, science is the proper measure of reality. Sellars criticizes the "myth of the given", that is, the belief in the existence of direct, unmediated components of cognition, which are supposed to be the unquestionable basis of knowledge.

This book is an invaluable source of knowledge for students of philosophy, psychology, and anyone interested in the issues of cognition and perception. Thanks to its clear language and in-depth analysis, Sellars invites the reader to think critically and seek their own answers to fundamental questions about the nature of reality.

Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN presents the Polish edition of this key work in a careful translation by Piotr Gutowski. The book has 600 pages and a format of 187x123 mm. It is a must-have for anyone who wants to explore the secrets of the human mind and understand how we perceive the world.