Roy Wood Sellars Quotes
Roy Wood Sellars was an American philosopher, long-time professor at the University of Michigan, and one of the founders of the school of critical realism in early twentieth-century American philosophy. His Critical Realism, the joint manifesto of 1920 in which he was a leading voice, defended a realism that takes appearances seriously as the means by which the mind reaches an independent world without confusing them with that world. The quotes below are attributed to Roy Wood Sellars, organized by topic.
Roy Wood Sellars on God
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Religion must be reconceived without supernaturalism.”
Roy Wood Sellars on Knowledge
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Knowledge mediates rather than mirrors the world.”
Roy Wood Sellars on Mind
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Mind is a function of organized matter, not a substance apart.”
Roy Wood Sellars on Nature
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Naturalism is the philosophy that takes nature for what it is.”
Roy Wood Sellars on Truth
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Critical realism takes appearances seriously without confusing them with the real.”