Roy Wood Sellars Quotes on Truth
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. This page collects quotes attributed to Roy Wood Sellars on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Mind is a function of organized matter, not a substance apart.”
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Critical realism takes appearances seriously without confusing them with the real.”
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Naturalism is the philosophy that takes nature for what it is.”
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Religion must be reconceived without supernaturalism.”
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Attributed to Roy Wood Sellars:
“Knowledge mediates rather than mirrors the world.”