Funkcja i struktura – dwie koncepcje języka w filozofii Wilfrida Sellarsa
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Wilfrid Sellars’ presented two parallel conceptions of language:
functional role semantics and theory of picturing. The aim of my paper
is to consider how these two views fit together and what roles they play
in his overall philosophical project. First I show philosophical
motivations for adopting these conceptions. Functional role semantics
contributes to explanation of mental phenomena, it is consistent with
Sellar’s critique of the given, it provides a nominalistic account of
abstract terms. The picturing theory explains how language can be
about the world. The question I also address in this paper is to what
extent both of these conceptions are marked by what is the key problem
for Sellars - the indispensability of both naturalistic and normative
perspective for an adequate account of cognition, intentionality and
language. I try to trace the limits of naturalistic explanation in both of
his conceptions.
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