Sellars, Wilfrid

"Scientific progress is not the accumulation of facts but the refinement of frameworks."

"To be rational is to be responsive to reasons, not merely to causes."

"The logical structure of sentences reflects the logical structure of facts."

"All knowledge is mediated by conceptual schemes."

"The distinction between the mental and the physical is not ontological but conceptual."

"Scientific understanding requires both empirical evidence and rational systematization."

"Truth emerges from the dialogue between different perspectives and frameworks."

"Reason is not a faculty but a space in which we move."

"The manifest image and the scientific image are two different ways of understanding the world, and philosophy must reconcile them."

"Language is not merely a tool for expressing thoughts; it shapes the very structure of our thinking."

"To be is to be in a causal relation with the world around us."

"The given is not a foundation but a framework we construct through our conceptual practices."

"Empiricism without rationalism is blind; rationalism without empiricism is empty."

"Our beliefs are justified not by their correspondence to reality alone, but by their coherence within our web of commitments."

"The myth of the given perpetuates a false dichotomy between mind and world."

"Scientific understanding requires both observation and theoretical framework."

"The space of reasons and the space of causes must be integrated, not isolated."

"Concepts gain their meaning through their place in a comprehensive system."

"We are not passive receivers of sense data but active constructors of understanding."

"Language entry transitions mark our passage from brute fact to normative practice."

"Intentionality is not magical; it emerges from our participation in social practices."

"The rules that govern thought cannot themselves be merely thought."

"Understanding the world requires understanding ourselves as part of it."

"Materialism and intentionality are not incompatible if properly understood."

"Our conceptual schemes carve nature at its joints through systematic relations."

"The private language argument shows that meaning is inherently social."

"Justification is a social achievement, not a solitary act of mind."

"We inherit frameworks of understanding from our linguistic community."

"The distinction between appearance and reality requires careful philosophical analysis."

"Sensory experience must be interpreted through our conceptual apparatus."