Wilfrid Sellars and the foundations of normativity. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peter Olen.
• Authors: Olen, Peter
• Contents: 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 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7: Conclusion; 1 Introduction; 2 Further Problems; 3 Historical and Thematic Explanation; Appendix: Letters and Unpublished Manuscripts ; Psychologism (undated) ; Letter from Herbert Feigl to Wilfrid Sellars (July 5th, 1946) ; Letter from Wilfrid Sellars to Gustav Bergmann (August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) 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) 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
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 149/.1; Philosophy; Nominalism; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction; Nominalism; Philosophy -- Movements -- Analytic; Philosophy -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Philosophy -- Logic; Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism; Ethics & moral philosophy; Philosophy: logic; Linguistics_xPhilosophy; Analysis (Philosophy); Ethics; Logic; Philosophy -- Reference; Philosophy of language; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137527172
• Related ISBNs: 113752717X; 9781137527165
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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