?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+Sellars%E2%80%99s+functionalism%3A+a+historical+research&rft.creator=Maroldi%2C+Marcelo+Masson&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.description=Philosopher+Wilfrid+Sellars+was+one+of+the+contemporary+functionalism+precursors+when+he%0D%0Aconceived+mental+states+as+theoretical+entities+identified+with+functional+states%2C+conception%0D%0Adefended+mainly+in+his+most+relevant+work+Empiricism+and+the+Philosophy+of+Mind%2C+broadly%0D%0Adiscussed+on+the+academic+context+of+analytical+tradition.+On+this+book%2C+Sellars+introduces+his%0D%0Aexplanation+of+mental%2C+gathering+on+the+same+thesis+private+events%2C+intententionality+%2C+a+public%0D%0Alanguage+and+a+system+based+on+rules+defined+intersubjectivity+Therefore%2C+this+work+intends+to%0D%0Ashow+how+much+this+author+anticipated+the+functionalist+project%2C+particularly+introducing%2C+on%0D%0Athe+first+part%2C+Sellars%E2%80%99s+proposal+in+the+50s+and%2C+later%2C+characterize+the+following+decade%0D%0Afunctionalism.+Finally%2C+we+evaluate+Sellars%E2%80%99s+influence+on+the+quoted+theoretical+functionalists%0D%0Ae+comment+the+range+and+importance+of+this+author+for+the+mind+philosophy+e+current%0D%0Alanguages.+%C2%A9+Cien.+Cogn.+2009%3B+Vol.+14+(3)%3A+024-038.&rft.date=2009-12-30&rft.type=Newspaper%2FMagazine+Article&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6737%2F1%2Fm174.pdf&rft.identifier=++Maroldi%2C+Marcelo+Masson++(2009)+The+Sellars%E2%80%99s+functionalism%3A+a+historical+research.++%5BNewspaper%2FMagazine+Article%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6737%2F