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FROM ‘WE REASONERS’ TO ‘WE SUFFERERS’: COMMUNITY AND LOYALTY FROM ROYCE, THROUGH SELLARS, TO RORTY

Abstract

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Josiah Royce, Wilfrid Sellars, and Richard Rorty form a loose intellectual tradition in their various presentations of moral community. Their influence on one another has been noted but not yet fully explored. This dissertation remedies that lack. It shows the dependence in addressing this topic of Royce on Sellars and Sellars on Rorty. It then argues that Rorty’s position would have benefited from engaging more fully with Royce’s thought. It concludes by showing some specific ways in which Roycean insights would augment the Rortian account of community.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Doctor of Philosophy
Level thesis:degree_level
Campus Only Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Philosophy
Year dc:date.available
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Miller, Steven Andrew
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Anderson, Douglas

Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1083
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:dissertations-2087

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Miller, Steven Andrew. FROM ‘WE REASONERS’ TO ‘WE SUFFERERS’: COMMUNITY AND LOYALTY FROM ROYCE, THROUGH SELLARS, TO RORTY. Campus Only Dissertation thesis, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1083