Anti-Foundationalism and the Myth of Jones. Brandom and McDowell interpreting Sellars
Journal title PARADIGMI
Author/s Paolo Tripodi
Publishing Year 2011 Issue 2011/3 Language Italian
Pages 18 P. 173-190 File size 528 KB
DOI 10.3280/PARA2011-003012
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In Sellar’s Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind. The argument against the Myth of the Given depends his account of observational experience. On the one hand, as McDowell points out (contra Brandom), such an account depends on the Myth of Jones. On the other hand, as Brandom claims (contra McDowell), the "dénouement" of the Myth of Jones must be interpreted in terms of the so-called "two-ply account" of observational reports. Since such an account fails, the Myth of Jones, considered as an argument in narrative form, is a bad argument. Thus Sellars’s argument against the Myth of the Given is invalid.
Keywords: Brandom, Empiricism, McDowell, Myth of Jones, Myth of the Given, Sellars
Paolo Tripodi, L’antifondazionalismo e il mito di Jones. Brandom e McDowell interpreti di Sellars in "PARADIGMI" 3/2011, pp 173-190, DOI: 10.3280/PARA2011-003012