Theoria, Beograd 2022 Volume 65, Issue 4, Pages: 17-31
https://doi.org/10.2298/THEO2204017J
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Expressivism as normative social functionalism: Wittgenstein and Sellars
Jandrić Nikola 
(Institut za filozofiju, Filozofski fakultet, Univerzitet u Beogradu)
In the text it will be attempted to prove the existence of a tradition of
expressivism in the form of normative social functionalism as the common
denominator for the position or positions taken by the later Wittgenstein
and Wilfrid Sellars in regards to questions of objectivity and normativity
of lingustic meaning, presented as answers to the problem of rule following.
Sellars formulates the problem of rule following at approximately the same
time as does Wittgenstein. Also, Sellars’ answer to this problem, as does
Wittgenstein’s will call upon meaning as determined by the practices of use
of lingustic expressions. It is claimed that the tradition that clusters the
authors culminates in inferential pragmatism of Robert Brandom. Apart from
the above, the paper also discusses the differences between the positions of
the said authors, the most prominent of which is manifested in the different
consequences of their contrary metaphilosophical attitudes.
Keywords: Wittgenstein, Sellars, meaning, rules, objectivity, normativity, expressivism, pragmatism
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