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" Wilfrid Sellars and the foundations of normativity / "
Peter Olen
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600307
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b429526
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Olen, Peter
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Wilfrid Sellars and the foundations of normativity /\ Peter Olen
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1 online resource
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9781137527172
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: 113752717X
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9781137527165
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Acknowledgements; Contents; 1: Introduction: Wilfrid Sellars and the Foundations of Normativity; 2: Wilfrid Sellars' Early Historical Context; 1 Introduction; 2 Syntax, Semantics, and Pragmatics; 3 Semantics, Pragmatics, and Designation; 4 Sellars' Inherited Problem; 3: Pure Pragmatics; 1 Introduction; 2 Designation and Pragmatics; 3 Extra-Logical Rules; 4 Designation Re-visited; 5 Meta-philosophical Implication; 4: The Reception History of Pure Pragmatics; 1 Introduction; 2 Reception in Context; 3 Contemporary Explanations; 4 Conclusion; 5: Beyond Formalism; 1 Introduction
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2 After Pure Pragmatics3 The Behavioral Science Foundations of Normativity; 4 Conclusion; 6: Two Conceptions of Normativity; 1 Introduction; 2 On the Very Conception of a Rule; 3 Sellars' Later Conception of a Rule; 4 Criticisms and Differences; 5 Conclusion; 7: Conclusion; 1 Introduction; 2 Further Problems; 3 Historical and Thematic Explanation; Appendix: Letters and Unpublished Manuscripts ; Psychologism (undated) ; Letter from Herbert Feigl to Wilfrid Sellars (July 5th, 1946) ; Letter from Wilfrid Sellars to Gustav Bergmann (August 14th, 1947)
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Letter from Wilfrid Sellars to Gustav Bergmann (August 26th, 1947) Letter from Everett Hall to Wilfrid Sellars (September 15th, 1947) ; Letter from Everett Hall to Wilfrid Sellars (Undated) ; Letter from Everett Hall to Wilfrid Sellars (December 15th, 1948) ; Letter from Everett Hall to Wilfrid Sellars (July 28th, 1952) ; Letter from Gustav Bergmann to Wilfrid Sellars (May 22nd, 1948) ; Letter from Wilfrid Sellars to Gustav Bergmann (December 28th, 1948) ; Letter from Gustav Bergmann to Wilfrid Sellars (January 6th, 1949)
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Letter from Wilfrid Sellars to Clarence Irving Lewis (undated) Letter from Thomas Storer to Wilfrid Sellars (January 14th, 1948) ; Letter from Thomas Storer to Gustav Bergmann (January 19th, 1947) ; Letter from Rulon Wells to Wilfrid Sellars (June 15th, 1951) ; Letter from Rulon Wells to Wilfrid Sellars (August 5th, 1951) ; Letter from Rulon Wells to Wilfrid Sellars (August 29th, 1951) ; Letter from Wilfrid Sellars to John G. Kemeny (January 18th, 1953) ; Bibliography; Index
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While Wilfrid Sellars' philosophy is often depicted in an ahistorical fashion, this book explores the consequences of placing his work in its historical context. In order to show how Sellars' early publications depend on contextual factors, Peter Olen reconstructs the conceptions of language, psychological, and social explanation that dominated American philosophy in the early 20th century. Because of Sellars' differing explanations of language and behaviour, Olen argues that many of Sellars' early commitments are incompatible with his later works. In the course of doing so, Olen highlights problematic tensions between Sellars' early and later conceptions of language, meta-philosophy, and normativity. Supplementing the main text is a collection of previously unpublished archival material from Wilfrid Sellars, Gustav Bergmann, Everett Hall, and other early 20th century philosophers. This text will be a useful resource to those with an interest in the history of American philosophy, the history of analytic philosophy, Wilfrid Sellars' philosophy, and the myriad of issues surrounding normativity and language
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Nominalism.
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149/.1
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B731
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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