Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Sellars, Wilfrid

  • The Grain Problem

    Ed Buckner writes, Here is another problem that needs to be carefully phrased. I want to say that the pitch of a musical note is continuous through time. I mean, at any point in continuous time, i.e. time as specified by the real numbers, the pitch of the note (e.g. middle C) is the same. However,…

  • Mental Acts Versus Mental Actions: Sellars and Bergmann

    I have been assuming that there are mental acts and that there are mental actions and that they must not be confused.  It's high time for a bit of exfoliation.  Suppose I note that the front door of an elderly neighbor's house has been left ajar.  That noting is a mental act, but it is…