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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136845703321

Autore

Olen Peter

Titolo

Wilfrid Sellars and the Foundations of Normativity [[electronic resource] /] / by Peter Olen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-52717-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 240 p.)

Disciplina

149.94

410.1

Soggetti

Language and languages—Philosophy

Analysis (Philosophy)

Ethics

Logic

Philosophy of Language

Analytic Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Wilfrid Sellars’ Early Historical Context -- Pure Pragmatics -- The Reception History of Pure Pragmatics -- Beyond Formalism -- Two Conceptions of Normativity -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Drafts and Letters -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Supplementing the main text is a collection of previously unpublished archival material from Wilfrid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.