Wilfrid Sellars' critique of the Myth of the Given entails that 'perceptual seemings' cannot serve as epistemic foundations without already presupposing conceptual, hence fallible, commitments.

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Conceptual commitments(as used in philosophical argument analysis): The basic assumptions or beliefs that someone has to accept when they take a particular philosophical position—like the hidden foundations that support an argument.
Epistemic foundations(as what perceptual seemings supposedly are): Basic, solid starting points of knowledge that don't need to be justified by anything else—like the ground floor of a building that supports everything above it.
Wilfrid Sellars(The philosopher whose critique is being discussed): A 20th-century American philosopher who made important arguments about how we know things and how language connects to reality.
fallible(Applied to individual, group, and asymptotic group judgments under Possible Underdetermination): Incorrect with non-zero probability.

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