The Behaviourist Foundation of Sellars' Semantics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9688859 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ausonio Marras (Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 664-675 |
| Publication date | 1977-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300026044 |
| OpenAlex | W2025150324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
It is well known that Sellars' account of linguistic meaning is closely linked to a framework of Rylean-behaviouristic concepts. It is far from clear, however, what the nature of this relation exactly is. Some (e.g., Chisholm, [2], 523) have construed this relation as conceptually so tight as to commit Sellars to logical behaviourism about meaning: semantical statements would be shorthand ways of talking about overt verbal and nonverbal behaviour and behavioural dispositions. On the other hand, some (e.g., J. Young, [18]), have construed the relation so loosely as to deny that the behaviouristic framework can possibly provide a conceptually adequate basis for understanding semantical discourse
Commit · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Relation (database) · Semantics (computer science) · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · History · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
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| Citation span | 1981 - 2013 (33) |
| Highly cited | No |