In the last years of socialism and my third year of high school in late 1980s Yugoslavia, my logic teacher asked the class why people believe in God. The question was received with silence. I do not remember who came… Read More ›
Wilfrid Sellars
Objectification and the Labour of the Negative in the Origin of Human Thinking: A Response to Chris Drain, Kyrill Potapov
After reading the stimulating exchange between Chris Drain (2020; 2021) and Siyaves Azeri (2020; 2021), I wanted to reply to Drain from a slightly different angle. Drain’s latest response (2021) takes aim at what Vygotsky calls his general genetic law… Read More ›
Rigid Designation and Natural Kind Terms, Pittsburgh Style, Michael P. Wolf
Author Information: Michael P. Wolf, Washington and Jefferson College, mwolf@washjeff.edu Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents Wolf, Michael P. 2012. “Rigid Designation and Natural Kind Terms, Pittsburgh Style.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (1): 133-142…. Read More ›
Normative Functionalism and its Pragmatist Roots, Dave Beisecker
Author Information: Dave Beisecker, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, beiseckd@unlv.nevada.edu Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents Beisecker, Dave. 2012. “Normative Functionalism and its Pragmatist Roots.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (1): 109-116. The PDF of… Read More ›
Tales of the mighty tautologists? Frank Scalambrino
Author Information: Frank Scalambrino, University of Dallas, Texas, scalambrinof9@gmail.com Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents Scalambrino, Frank. 2012. “Tales of the mighty tautologists?” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (1): 83-97. The PDF of the article… Read More ›
Sellars and Knowing the Thing-In-Itself, Patrick J. Reider
Author Information: Patrick J. Reider, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, PJR23@pitt.edu Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents Reider, Patrick J. 2012. “Sellars and Knowing the Thing-In-Itself.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (1): 68-82. The PDF… Read More ›
Sellars, Realism, and Kantian Thinking, Willem A. deVries
Author Information: Willem A. deVries, University of New Hampshire, willem.devries@unh.edu Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents deVries, Willem A. 2012. “Sellars, Realism and Kanitan Thinking.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (1): 57-67. The PDF of… Read More ›
Sellars on Perception, Science, and Realism: A Critical Response, Patrick J. Reider
Author Information: Patrick J. Reider, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, PJR23@pitt.edu Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents Reider, Patrick J. 2012. “Sellars on Perception, Science, and Realism: A Critical Response.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2… Read More ›
The Pittsburgh School, The Given and Knowledge, Tom Rockmore
Author Information: Tom Rockmore, Duquesne University, rockmore@duq.edu, Tom Rockmore: Wikipedia Entry Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents Rockmore, Tom. 2012. “The Pittsburgh School, The Given and Knowledge”. Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (1): 29-38. The… Read More ›
Normative Functionalism in the Pittsburgh School, Patrick J. Reider
Author Information: Patrick J. Reider, University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, PJR23@pitt.edu Normative Functionalism and the Pittsburgh School: Table of Contents Reider, Patrick J. 2012. “Normative Functionalism in the Pittsburgh School.” Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective 2 (1): 16-28 The… Read More ›