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Also Known As Wilfrid Stalker Sellars
Born May 20, 1912 • Ann Arbor • Michigan
Died July 2, 1989 (aged 77) • Pittsburgh • Pennsylvania
Notable Works “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind” • “Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man”
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