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Series V. Library
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Scope and Content Notes: This series is composed of 792 annotated books, 144 annotated reprints and off-prints, about 180 annotated journal volumes, which were amassed by Wilfrid Sellars from the 1930s through the 1980s. This series also contains a set of off-prints and books written and retained by Sellars himself. The books and offprints are arranged alphabetically by author and title, while the journals are arranged by journal title and then chronologically by issue. The library contains material spanning the whole of Sellars' career. The topics covered reflect Sellars' professional concerns and therefore contain works on a wide variety of philosophical topics, but emphasize works on logic, epistemology, ontology, scientific realism, philosophy of science, ancient Greek philosophy, and the history of philosophy. Many of these works contain either annotations or dedications. The annotations include notes in the margins of the documents, underlining, and logical notations. The degree and kind of annotation vary greatly; some items are heavily underlined, annotated, and logically notated. Others have only short sections that are heavily marked, or are lightly marked throughout.
A large portion of the library was deaccessioned; the deaccessioned materials include books, journals, and reprints that were not philosophical in nature and lacked any unique markings such as annotations or dedications. These items covered a broad spectrum of Sellars' personal interests and ranged from sports to crosswords, nature, cooking, politics, biographies, history, religion, art, and works of fiction. There is a comprehensive list of all the books initially contained in Sellars's library available for researchers upon request. There is also a list of journal titles found in the Sellars's library.
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Subseries 1. Annotated Books, dates
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Scope and Content Notes: This subseries consists of 792 books which have information in the form of annotations, dedications to Sellars, or inclusions. The books are arranged alphabetically by author, editor, or occasionally by translator. The annotations take the form of notes in the margins of the documents, underlining, and logical notations and derivations. The degree and kind of annotation vary greatly; some books are heavily underlined, annotated, and logically notated. Others have only short sections that are heavily marked, or are lightly marked throughout. There are dedications to Sellars from family members or other philosophers, and there are dedications from Wilfrid to his father. There are also books that contained inclusions. These inclusions can consist of fairly extended written commentary. They are sometimes commentary on the book in which they were found, and sometimes on other philosophical or personal topics.
In addition there are a few books that may not be marked, but are on topics that were of particular interest to Sellars. These books contained many slips of paper which acted as book markers. For example, his editions of Kant are included although they are not marked, because they contain hundreds of book markers and show considerable signs of use. In general, the books in this series are books on philosophical topics. They include editions of the works of the central figures in European philosophy such as Hume, Locke, Descartes, Kant, and Russell. Many of these are student editions that he seems to have used during his days at Oxford and Harvard. They are often extensively annotated with both marginal notes and underlining.
A list of annotated books is available.
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Subseries 2. Annotated Journals, dates
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Scope and Content Notes: This subseries contains entire journals that feature either dedications or annotations. The journals are almost exclusively concerned with philosophical issues and are arranged alphabetically by journal title. The vast majority of the journals contain some form of annotation. However, there are a few journals that only contain a dedication or an inclusion. The dedications generally consist of a simple salutation to Sellars from the author of an article published in the journal. While a few of the inclusions appear to relate directly to an article or the entire journal, the bulk of the inclusions appear to be unrelated items that were simply used as bookmarks, or were temporarily placed in the journal and forgotten. The annotations vary greatly in substance. Some of the journals only contain one or two markings that appear to have little significance. The remaining journals tend to have one or two articles that are annotated in some fashion. These annotations may include underlined text, symbolic markings in the margins, or some written commentary. In a few instances, the journals are highly annotated. This statement is especially true with the publications
The Monist and
Synthese. In addition, the annotations in
Philosophical Studies tend to be editorial in nature, rather than philosophical.
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Subseries 3. Offprints by Sellars, 1947-1982
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Scope and Content Notes: This subseries contains manuscripts published by Sellars between the years 1947 and 1982. The manuscripts are either offprints or reprints from the publisher and contain no unique markings such as annotations or dedications. They are arranged alphabetically by title.
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"Abstract Entities", 1963
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"Abstract Entities and Classes As Abstract Entities and the Russell Paradox", 1963
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"Acquaintance and Description Again", 1949
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"Actions and Events", 1973
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"The Adverbial Theory of the Objects of Sensation", 1975
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"Are There Non-Deductive Logics?", undated
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"Aristotelian Philosophies of Mind", c. 1949
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"Behaviorism, Language, and Meaning", 1980
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"Being and Being Known", 1960
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"Berkeley and Descartes: Reflections on the Theory of Ideas", 1978
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"Classes As Abstract Entities and the Russell Paradox", 1963
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"Concepts As Involving Laws and Inconceivable Without Them", 1948
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"Conceptual Change", undated
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"Counterfactuals, Dispositions, and the Causal Modalities", 1957
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"The Double-Knowledge Approach to the Mind-Body Problem", 1971
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"Empiricism and Abstract Entities", c. 1963
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"Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind", 1956
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"Epistemology and the New Way of Words", 1947
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"Form and Content in Ethical Theory", 1967
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"Foundations for a Metaphysics of Pure Process", 1981
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"Givenness and Explanatory Coherence", 1964
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"Grammar and Existence: A Preface to Ontology", 1960
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"Hochberg on Mapping, Meaning, and Metaphysics", 1977
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"The Identity Approach to the Mind-Body Problem", 1965
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"Imperatives, Intentions, and the Logic of Ought", 1963
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"Induction as Vindication", 1964
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"Inferencia y Significado", 1960
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"Inference and Meaning", 1953
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"Intentionality and the Mental", 1957
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"Intentionality, Language, and Translation", 1974
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"The Intentional Realism of Everett Hall", 1966
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"Is Scientific Realism Tenable?", 1977
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"Is There a Synthetic A Priori?", 1953
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"Kant's Transcendental Idealism", undated
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"Kant's Views on Sensibility and Understanding", 1967
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"Language As Thought and Communication", undated
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"The Language of Theories", undated
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"Meaning As Functional Classification", 1974
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"Meditations Leibniziennes", 1965
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"Mental Events", 1981
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"Metaphysics and the Concept of a Person", 1969
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"More on Givenness and Explanatory Coherence", 1979
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"Naming and Saying", 1962
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"On Knowing the Better and Doing the Worse", 1970
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"On Reasoning About Values", 1980
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"On the Introduction of Abstract Entities", 1975
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"Ontology and the Philosophy of Mind in Russell", undated
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"The Paradox of Analysis: A Neo-Fregean Approach", undated
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"Particulars", 1952
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"Philosophy and the Scientific Image of Man", 1962
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"Physical Realism", 1954
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"Presupposing", 1954
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"Pure Pragmatics and Epistemology", 1947
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"Putnam on Synonymity and Belief", undated
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"Quotation Marks, Sentences and Propositions", 1950
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"Realism and the New Way of Words", 1948
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"Reason and the Art of Living in Plato", 1973
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"Reflections on Contrary to Duty Imperatives", 1967
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"Reply to Alan Donagan", 1975
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"Reply to Marras", 1973
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"Reply to Quine", 1973
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"Reviews", 1948, 1950
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"The Role of the Imagination in Kant's Theory of Experience", 1978
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"Science, Sense Impressions, and Sensa: A Reply to Cornman", 1971
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"Scientific Realism or Irenic Instrumentalism", 1965
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"A Semantical Solution of the Mind-Body Problem", 1953
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"Sensa or Sensings: Reflections on the Ontology of Perception", 1982
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"Some Problems About Belief", 1968
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"Some Reflections on Language Games", 1954
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"Some Reflections on Perceptual Consciousness", undated
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"Some Reflections on Thoughts and Things", 1967
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"The Soul As Craftsman, and Aristotle's Metaphysics: An Interpretation", 1973
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"Symposium: Intentionality, Notes on Intentionality", 1964
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"Symposium: Kant, Some Remarks on Kant's Theory of Experience", 1967
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"Symposium: Logical Subjects and Physical Objects", 1957
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"Symposium, Substance and Form in Aristotle", 1957
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"Theoretical Explanation", undated
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"Theoretische Erklarung", undated
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"this I or he or it (the thing) which thinks", 1970
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"Time and the World Order", 1962
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"Toward a Theory of the Categories", undated
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"Truth and Correspondence", 1962
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"Vlastos and "the Third Man","1954
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"Volitions Re-Affirmed", undated
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Subseries 4. Annotated Offprints of Other Authors, 1904-1982
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Scope and Content Notes: Written by authors other than Sellars, these offprints date from the 1930s onward, with the exception of those by Bertrand Russell. It appears as though Sellars began amassing these materials as research materials during his graduate education and continued to do so into his professional career. Arranged alphabetically by author, the files contain a combination of publisher offprints and photocopies of published works that are mostly journal articles. However, this section also includes book chapters and excerpted sections. They are strictly philosophical in content and contain annotations by Sellars. The bulk of the annotations simply consist of underlined text that may be accompanied by symbols such as checks, arrows or wavy lines that designate areas of significant interest.
It appears as though the offprints dating from the 1930s and 1940s feature more annotations than the later articles which have more sporadic notations. However, there are several significant exceptions, such as the following: "The Logic of Psychological Concepts" by Gustav Bergmann, "Craig's Theorem, Ramsey-Sentences, and Scientific Instrumentalism" by James Cornman, "Actions, Reasons, and Causes" by Donald Davidson, "Coherence, Certainty, and Epistemic Priority" by Roderick Firth, "Quine on Meaning and Existence" by Gilbert Harman, and "Sellars's Argument for the Inevitability of the Secondary Qualities" by C.A. Hooker.
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Adler, Mortimer J., 1941
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Agazzi, Evandro, 1976
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Aiken, Henry David, 1950
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Baier, Kurt, 1962
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Baker, Lynne Rudder, 1974
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Barber, Benjamin R., c. 1973
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Bar-Hillel, 1954
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Bealer, George, 1984
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Belnap, Nuel, 1970
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Bergmann, Gustav, 1941-1979
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Bernstein, Richard J., 1966
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Campbell, Donald T., 1966
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Carnap, Rudolf, 1947, 1951
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Carritt, E. F., 1937
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Chisholm, Roderick, 1965
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Clark, Romane, c. 1970
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Cohen, L. Jonathon, undated
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Cornman, James W., 1972, 1978
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Davidson, Donald, 1963-1973
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Dennett, Daniel C., c. 1980
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Farber, Marvin, 1934
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Firth, Roderick, 1950, 1964
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Frankena, William K., c. 1952
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Frede, Dorothea, 1982
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Garnett, A. Campbell, 1964
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Geach, Peter, 1955
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Grunbaum, Adolf, 1955-1976
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Haack, R. J., 1974
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Hare, R. M., 1973
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Harman, Gilbert, 1967
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Henrich, Dieter, 1969
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Hesse, Mary, 1957-1964
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Hintikka, Jaakko, c. 1966
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Hooker, C.A., 1968, 1977
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Huntington, Edward V., 1937
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Kaplan, Abraham, 1948, 1951
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Kripke, Saul, 1975
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Kyburg, Henry E., 1958-1968
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Lehrer, Keith, 1972
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Lewis, C.I., 1948
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MacCorquodale, Kenneth, 1948
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MacLagan, W. G., 1939
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Martin, R. M., 1949, 1951
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Nagel, Thomas, c. 1971
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Owens, Joseph, 1962
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Pap, Arthur, 1944-1951
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Parsons, Charles, 1971
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Partee, Barbara Hall, 1971
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Popkin, Richard H., 1953
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Price, H. H., 1936
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Prichard, H. A., 1932
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Prior, A. N., 1962
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Quine, W. V., 1943-1968
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Rorty, Richard, 1970-1975
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Ross, Gregory A., 1965, 1974
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Russell, Bertrand, 1904-1905
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Salmon, Wesley C., 1963
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Schlesinger, G., 1964
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Schuldenfrei, Richard, 1972
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Sellars, Roy Wood, 1922, 1938
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Sellars, Wilfrid, 1950-1976
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Seuran, Pieter A.M., 1972
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Smart, J. J. C., 1957, 1968
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Stalnaker, Robert C., c. 1966
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Stebbing, L. Susan, 1933
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Strawson, P. F., 1950, 1957
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Thompson, Manley, 1954
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Van Fraassen, Bas, undated
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Vermazen, Bruce, c. 1966
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Vlastos, Gregory, 1965
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Wilson, Fred, 1970
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Yolton, John W., 1971
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