Consequences of Behaviorism
Sellars and de Laguna on Explanation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10927651 |
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| Authors | Peter Olen (Lake–Sumter State College, Leesburg, FL, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-131 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy of the Social Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-3931 • E-ISSN: 1552-7441 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0048393116672829 |
| OpenAlex | W2536482268 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
I explore conceptual tensions that emerge between Wilfrid Sellars’ and Grace de Laguna’s adoption of behaviorism. Despite agreeing on various points (e.g., the social nature of language and behavior, a methodological commitment to behaviorism), I argue that Sellars’ and de Laguna’s positions represent a split between normativist and descriptivist approaches to explanation that are generally incompatible, and I explore how both positions claim conceptual priority
Behaviorism · Epistemology · Philosophy of science · Sociology · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
From Empiricism to Expressivism
Articulating the World
Signs, language and behavior.
Meaning and Normativity
Wilfrid Sellars and the Foundations of Normativity
Some Reflections on Language Games
On Existence and the Human World
On Existence and the Human World
Obligation and motivation
Articulating Reasons
Culture and Rationality
| Highly cited | No |
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