Sellars, Wilfrid

"The mind is not a theater where representations play out, but an agent of interpretation."

"Language gives us access to abstract universals that brute perception cannot reach."

"To understand something is to place it within a network of relations."

"The problem of other minds dissolves when we recognize shared linguistic practices."

"Rational justification requires appeal to norms we acknowledge as binding."

"Our experience of freedom and our understanding of natural causation can be reconciled."

"Meaning is not intrinsic to symbols but created through use in communities."

"The pursuit of truth is inseparable from our participation in a rational community."

"Phenomenal consciousness involves both physical processes and conceptual activity."

"We cannot reduce all discourse to the idiom of natural science without remainder."

"Understanding requires the ability to articulate our commitments and defend them rationally."

"The manifest image represents the lived perspective of embodied agents."

"Facts about meaning and intentionality are facts about how we use language."

"Our concepts are refined through engagement with reality and reflection on practice."

"The unity of knowledge requires integrating multiple perspectives into a coherent view."

"Normativity is woven into the fabric of rational thought and action."

"We understand ourselves as agents through the lens of our normative commitments."

"Scientific progress involves both discovery and conceptual innovation."

"The rules governing our concepts cannot be fully explicit or completely formalized."

"Rationality is achieved through the internalization of social norms."

"Our grasp of truth depends on our ability to think conceptually within social frameworks."

"The relation between mind and body is clarified when we attend to linguistic practice."

"Knowledge claims are legitimate only when integrated into a coherent worldview."

"Experience becomes meaningful through the application of conceptual categories."

"Understanding nature requires understanding ourselves as parts of nature."

"The distinction between observation and theory is not absolute but matters of degree."

"We are linguistic creatures whose rationality is constituted by language use."

"Philosophical wisdom consists in recognizing the limits of different conceptual schemes."

"The space of reasons includes both logical and pragmatic dimensions."

"Our commitments to truth are best understood as commitments to coherence and adequacy."