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Book 29 of 40: Routledge Studies in American Philosophy

Seiberth, Luz Christopher

 
9781032117584: Intentionality in Sellars (Routledge Studies in American Philosophy)
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ISBN 10: 1032117583 ISBN 13: 9781032117584
Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

This book argues that Sellars’ theory of intentionality can be understood as an advancement of a transcendental philosophical approach. It shows how Sellars develops his theory of intentionality through his engagement with the theoretical philosophy of Immanuel Kant.

The book delivers a provocative reinterpretation of one of the most problematic and controversial concepts of Sellars' philosophy: the picturing-relation. Sellars' theory of intentionality addresses the question of how to reconcile two aspects that seem opposed: the non-relational theory of intellectual and linguistic content and a causal-transcendental theory of representation inspired by the philosophy of the early Wittgenstein. The author explains how both parts cohere in a transcendental account of finite knowledge. He claims that this can only be achieved by reading Sellars as committed to a transcendental methodology inspired by Kant. In a final step, he brings his interpretation to bear on the contemporary metaphilosophical debate on pragmatism and expressivism.

Intentionality in Sellars will be of interest to scholars of Sellars and Kant, as well as researchers working in philosophy of mind, epistemology, and the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century philosophy.

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About the Author

Luz Christopher Seiberth is a lecturer at the chair for theoretical philosophy at the University of Potsdam where received his Ph.D. in philosophy. He is the co-editor of Fraught with Ought: Writings from Wilfrid Sellars on Mind, Meaning, and Metaphysics (Oxford University Press, forthcoming) and the organiser of the International Sellars Colloquium (www.wilfridsellars.org/isc).

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032117583
ISBN 13 
9781032117584
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
252