BIBLIOGRAPHY OF
ROY WOOD SELLARS

(in Chronological Order)

compiled by

Andrew Chrucky

Under Construction: Revised on May 30, 1997

List of Bibliographies of Roy Wood Sellars

Gerald E. Myers, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 15 (1954).

Norman Melchert, Realism, Materialism, and the Mind: The Philosophy of Roy Wood Sellars (Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1968).

Preston Warren, ed., Principles of Emergent Realism:`Essays by Roy Wood Sellars (St. Louis: Warren H. Green, 1970).

Preston Warren, "Annotated Bibliography," Roy Wood Sellars (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1975): 135-142.

  1. "Re-interpretation of Democracy," Inlander (Univ. of Michigan publication) 12 (1902): 252-61.

  2. "The Nature of Experience," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods (1907): 14-18.

  3. "A Fourth Progression in the Relation of Body and Mind," Psychological Review 14 (1907): 315-28.

  4. "Professor Dewey's View of Agreement," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 4 (1907): 315-28.

  5. "An Important Antinomy," Psychological Review 15 (1908): 237-249.

  6. "Consciousness and Conservation," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 5 (1908): 235-38.

  7. "Critical Realism and the Time Problem I," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 5 (1908): 542-48.

  8. "Critical Realism and the Time Problem II," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 5 (1908): 597-602.

  9. "Causality," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 6 (1909): 323-28.

  10. "Space," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 6 (1909): 617-23.

  11. "Is There a Cognitive Relation?" Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 9 (1912): 225-328.

  12. "A Thing and its Properties," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 12 (1915): 318-28.

  13. Critical Realism: A Study of the Nature and Conditions of Knowledge (Chicago: Rand-McNally and Co., 1916). [pdf file]

  14. The Next Step in Democracy (New York: Macmillan, 1916).

  15. The Essentials of Logic (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1917). [pdf file]

  16. The Essentials of Philosophy (New York: Macmillan, 1917). [pdf file]

  17. "Review of P. Coffey, Epistemology," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 15 (1918): 557-8.

  18. "An Approach to the Mind-Body Problem," Philosophical Review 27 (1918): 150-63.

  19. "On the Nature of Our Knowledge of the External World," Philosophical Review 27 (1918): 502-12.

  20. The Next Step in Religion (New York: Macmillan, 1918). [pdf file]

  21. "Review of George Wobbermin, Christian Belief in God," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 16 (1919): 277-9.

  22. "The Epistemology of Evolutionary Naturalism," Mind 28 (1919): 407-26.

  23. "Review of J. A. Leighton, The Field of Philosophy," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 17 (1920): 79-81.

  24. "Preface," to Evolution of Values, trans. Helen Sellars (Henry Holt, 1920).

  25. "The Status of Categories," The Monist 30 (1920): 220-39.

  26. "Space and Time," The Monist 30 (1920): 321-64.

  27. "Evolutionary Naturalism and the Mind-Body Problem," The Monist 30 (1920): 568-98.

  28. "Knowledge and Its Categories," in Essays in Critical Realism, ed. Sellars, Drake, Lovejoy, Pratt, Rogers, Santayana, (Macmillan, 1920): 187-219.

  29. "Epistemological Dualism versus Metaphysical Dualism," Philosophical Review 30 (1921): 482-93.

  30. "The Requirement of an Adequate Naturalism," The Monist 31 (1921): 249-70.

  31. "Is Consciousness Physical?" Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 19 (1922): 690-94.

  32. "Concerning 'Transcendence' and 'Bifurcation'," Mind 31 (1922): 31-39.

  33. Evolutionary Naturalism (Chicago: Open Court, 1922).pdf file

  34. "Le Cerveau, L'âme et La Conscience," Bulletin de la Société Francais de Philosophie (Jan. 18, 1923): 1-14.

  35. "The Double Knowledge Approach to the Mind-Body Problem," Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, N.S. 23 (1923): 55-70.

  36. "The Emergence of Naturalism," International Journal of Ethics 34 (1924): 309-38.

  37. "Critical Realism and Its Critics," Philosophical Review 33 (1924): 379-97.

  38. "Cognition and Valuation," Philosophical Review 35 (1926): 124-44.

  39. "Realism and Evolutionary Naturalism: A Reply to Professor Hoernlé," The Monist 37 (1926): 150-55.

  40. The Principles and Problems of Philosophy (New York: Macmillan, 1926).

  41. "Realism and Evolutionary Naturalism," The Monist 37 (1927): 150-55.

  42. "Current Realism in Great Britain and the United States," The Monist 37 (1927): 503-520.

  43. "What is the Correct Interpretation of Critical Realism?" Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 24 (1927): 238-41.

  44. "Why Naturalism and Not Materialism?" Philosophical Review 36 (1927): 215-25.

  45. Religion Coming of Age (New York: Macmillan, 1928).

  46. "Current Realism," in Philosophy Today, ed. Edward L. Schaub (Chicago and London, 1928): 19-36.

  47. "Current Realism," in Anthology of Recent Philosophy, ed. D. S. Robinson (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1929): 279-90. (re-print from Philosophy Today)

  48. "A Re-examination of Critical Realism," Philosophical Review 38 (1929): 439-55.

  49. "Critical Realism and Substance," Mind 38 (1929(: 473-88.

  50. "A Naturalistic Interpretation of Religion," The New Humanist 3 (1930): 1-4.

  51. "Realism, Naturalism and Humanism," in Contemporary American Philosophy, eds. G. P. Adams and W. P. Montague, 2 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1930): II, 261-85.

  52. "Humanism, Viewed and Reviewed," The New Humanist 4 (1931): 12-16.

  53. "Reinterpretation of Relativity," Philosophical Review 41 (1932): 517-18.

  54. The Philosophy of Physical Realism (New York: Macmillan, 1932).

  55. "Review of Durant Drake, Introduction to Philosophy," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 3 (1933): 667-9.

  56. "L'Hypothèse de l'Émergence," Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale 40 (1933): 309-24.

  57. "Religious Humanism," The New Humanist vol. 6, No. 3 (1933): 7-12.

  58. "Humanist Manifesto," (Drafter and co-signer) The New Humanist vol. 6, No. 3 (May-June, 1933): 58-61.

  59. "In Defense of the Manifesto," The New Humanist vol. 6, No. 6 (1933): 6-12.

  60. "Nature and Naturalism," The New Humanist vol. 7, No. 2 (1934): 1-8.

  61. "Review of C. F. Gauss, Primer for Tomorrow," Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 41 (1935): 465-6.

  62. "George S. Morris," Dictionary of American Biography 13 (1935): 208-9.

  63. "Henry Philip Tappan," Dictionary of American Biography 18 (1937):302-3.

  64. "Critical Realism and the Independence of the Object," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 34 (1937): 541-50.

  65. "An Analytic Approach to the Mind-Body Problem," Philosophical Review 47 (1938): 461-87.

  66. "Positivism in Contemporary Philosophical Thought," American Sociological Review (1939): 26-42.

  67. "A Statement of Critical Realism," Revue Internationale de Philosophie, No. 3 (1939): 472-96.

  68. "A Clarification of Critical Realism," Philosophy of Science 6 (1939): 412-92.

  69. "Knowledge and its Categories," in The Development of American Philosophy, ed. W. G. Muelder and Laurence Sears (Cambridge, Mass., 1940): 431-40. (Reprinted from Essays in Critical Realism)

  70. "Humanism as a Religion," The Humanist 1 (1941): 5-8.

  71. "A Correspondence Theory of Truth," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 38 (1941): 653-54.

  72. "Review of E. Gilson, God and Philosophy," The Humanist 2 (1942): 36-7.

  73. "Aspects of Democracy II: the Quality of Democracy," Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 48 (1942): 98-103.

  74. "Galileo Galilei," Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 48 (1942): 301-7.

  75. "Dewey on Materialism," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 3 (1942-43): 381-92.

  76. "Science , Philosophy, and Religion," The Humanist 3 (1943): 84-5.

  77. "Review of J. Maritain, Education at the Cross Roads," The Humanist 3 (1943): 165-70.

  78. "Verification of Categories: Existence and Substance," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 40 (1943): 381-92.

  79. "Causality and Substance," Philosophical Review 52 (1943): 1-27.

  80. "Reason and Revolution,," Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 49 (1943): 212-14.

  81. "Causation and Perception," Philosophical Review 53 (1944): 534-56.

  82. "Reformed Materialism and Intrinsic Endurance," Philosophical Review 53 (1944): 359-82.

  83. "Is Naturalism Enough?" Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 41 (1944): 533-44.

  84. "Does Naturalism Need Ontology?" Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 41 (1944): 686-94.

  85. "Can a Reformed Materialism Do Justice to Values?" Ethics 55 (1944): 28-45.

  86. "The Meaning of True and False," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 5 (1944-45): 98-103.

  87. "Reflections on Dialectical Materialism," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 5 (1944-45): 157-79.

  88. "Knowing and Knowledge," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 5 (1944-45): 341-4.

  89. "Knowing through Propositions," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 5 (1944-45): 348-9.

  90. "Review of Yervant Krikorian, Naturalism and the Human Spirit," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 6 (1945-46): 436-9.

  91. "A Note on the Theory of Relativity," Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods 43 (1946): 309-17.

  92. "Materialism and Relativity: A Semantic Analysis," Philosophical Review 55 (1946): 25-51.

  93. "Philosophy and Physics of Relativity," Philosophy of Science 13 (1946): 177-95.

  94. "Positivism and Materialism," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 7 (1946-47): 12-40.

  95. "Do the Natural Sciences Have a Need of the Social Sciences?" Philosophy of Science 15 (1946): 104-8.

  96. "Accept the Universe as a Going Concern," in Religious Liberals Reply, ed. Henry Wieman (Boston, 1947).

  97. "Review of A. N. Whitehead, Essays in Science and Philosophy," The Humanist 8 (1948): 92-3.

  98. "Naturalistic Humanism," in Religion in the Twentieth Century, ed. Vergilius Ferm (New York, 1948): 415-31.

  99. "Resume of W. Cook Foundation lectures delivered by Ralph Barton Perry,"Michigan Alumnus Quartely Review 55 (1949): 185-94.

  100. "Review of Leslie A. White, The Science of Culture," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 10 (1949-50): 586-7.

  101. "Social Philosophy and the American Scene," in Philosophy for the Future, ed. R. W. Sellars, V. J. McGill, and M. Farber (New York: Macmillan, 1949): 61-75.

  102. "Materialism and Human Knowing," in Philosophy for the Future, ed. R. W. Sellars, V. J. McGill, and M. Farber (New York: Macmillan, 1949): 75-106.

  103. "The Spiritualism of Lavelle and Le Senne," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 11 (1950-51): 386-93.

  104. "Critical Realism and Modern Materialism," Philosophical Thought in France and the United States, ed. Marvin Farber (Buffalo: The University of Buffalo Publications, 1950): 463-82.

  105. "Review of Frank Chapman Sharp, Good Will and Ill Will," The Humanist 10 (1950): 277-8.

  106. "Review of Leslie A. White, The Science of Culture," Michigan Alumnus Quartely Review 56 (1950): 175-6.

  107. "The New Materialism," in A History of Philosophical Systems, ed. V. Ferm (New York: Philosophical Library, 1950): 418-28. Reprinted (Paterson: Littlefield Adams Co., 1965).

  108. "Review of R. W. Boynton, Beyond Mythology," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 12 (1951-52): 146-8.

  109. "Review of Charles Mayer, Man: Mind or Matter," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 12 (1951-52): 436-42.

  110. "Professor Goudge's Queries with Respect to Materialism," Philosophical Review 60 (1951): 243-8.

  111. "My Philosophical Position: A Rejoinder," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 16 (1955): 72-97.

  112. "Physical Realism and Relativity: Some Unfinished Business," Philosophy of Science 23 (1956): 75-81.

  113. "Gestalt and Relativity: An Analogy," Philosophy of Science 23 (1956).

  114. "Guided Causality, Using Reason and 'Free Will'," Journal of Philosophy 54 (1957): 485-93.

  115. "Philosophical Orientation and Peace," in The Idea of War and Peace in Contemporary Philosophy ed. Irving Louis Horowitz (New York, 1957): vii-xx.

  116. "Levels of Causality: The Emergence of Guidance and Reason in Nature," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 20 (1959): 1-17.

  117. "Sensations as Guides to Perceiving," Mind 68 (1959): 2-15.

  118. "'True' as Contextually Implying Correspondence," Journal of Philosophy 56 (1959): 712-22.

  119. "Panpsychism or Evolutionary Materialism," Philosophy of Science 27 (1960): 229-50.

  120. "Referential Transcendence," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 22 (1961): 1-15.

  121. "Querying Whitehead's Framework," Revue Internationale de Philosophie 56-57 (1961): 135-66.

  122. "American Realism: Perspective and Framework," in Self, Religion and Metaphysics, ed. G. Meyers (New York: Macmillan, 1961): 174-200.

  123. "American Critical Realism and British Theories of Sense Perception I and II," Methodos (1962): 61-108.

  124. "Direct, Referential Realism," Dialogue II (1963): 135-43.

  125. "Existentialism, Realistic Empiricism, and Materialism," Journal of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 25 (1965): 315-32.

  126. Lending a Hand to Hylas (Ann Arbor: Edward Brothers, 1968).

  127. "A Possible Integration of Science and Philosophy," Zygon 4 (1969): 293-97.

  128. "Some Questions and Suggestions: An Exposition," Journal of Philosophy 66 (1969): 859-60.

  129. Reflection on American Philosophy from Within (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1969).

  130. Social Patterns and Political Horizons (Nashville: Aurora Publishers, 1970).

  131. Principles, Perspectives, and Problems of Philosophy (New York: Pageant Press International Corp., 1970).

  132. "Recollections of Marvin Farber," Phenomenology and Natural Existence, ed. Dale Riepe (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1973).

  133. "Toward a New Humanist Manifesto," The Humanist, January/February, 1973.

  134. Neglected Alternatives: Critical Essays by Roy Wood Sellars ed. W. Preston Warren (Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 1973).

On Roy Wood Sellars

Avery, Jon Henry
An Analysis and Critique of Roy Wood Sellars' Descriptive and Normative Theories of Religious Humanism, Ph. D. Dissertation, The Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, 1989. 232 pp.

Bahm, Archie
"Evolutionary Naturalism," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 15 (1954).

Blau, Joseph
Men and Movements in American Philosophy (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952).

Chisholm, Roderick
"Critical Realism," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 15 (1955).

Delaney, C. F.
Mind and Nature: A Study of the Naturalistic Philosophy of Cohen, Woodbridge and Sellars (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1969).

"Sellars and the Contemporary Mind-Body Problem," The New Scholasticism 45 (1971): 245-68.

Frankena, William
"Theory of Valuation," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 15 (1955).

Griffin, James Phillip
Foundations of Ethical Value in the Philosophy of Roy Wood Sellars and William Temple, Ph. D. Dissertation, Boston University, 1966. 286 pp.

Hudson, Yeager
Metaphysical Causality in the Philosophies of Brand Blanshard, Roy Wood Sellars, and John Laird, Ph. D. Dissertation, Boston University, 1965. 570 pp.

Iobst, Philip Kirschman
The Normative Philosophy of Roy Wood Sellars: A Critical Examination, Ph. D. Dissertation, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1975. 192 pp.

Kreyche, Robert J.
The Naturalism of Roy Wood Sellars, Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Ottawa, 1951.

Kuiper, John
"The Mind-Body Problem," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 15 (1955).

Melchert, Norman Paul
An Examination of the Physical Realism of Roy Wood Sellars, Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1964. 267 pp.

Realism, Materialism, and the Mind: The Philosophy of Roy Wood Sellars (Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1968).

Munk, Arthur W. P.
Roy Wood Sellars' Criticism of Idealism, Ph. D. Dissertation, Boston University Graduate School, 1945.

Reck, Andrew
Recent American Philosophy: Studies of Ten Representative Thinkers (New York: Pantheon Books, 1962).

"The Realism of Roy Wood Sellars," The New Scholasticism 45 (1971): 209-44.

Sellars, Wilfrid
"Physical Realism," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 15 (1955): 13-32.

"The Double-Knowledge Approach to the Mind-Body Problem," The New Scholasticism 45 (1971): 269-89.

Ten Hoor, Marten
"Humanism as a Religion," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 15 (1955).

Trelo, Virgil J.
The Critical Realism of Roy Wood Sellars (Lisle, Ill.: St. Procopius College, 1966). 42 p.

Warren, William Preston
"Realism 1900-1930: An Emerging Epistemology," The Monist 51 (1967): 179-205.

"Foundations of Philosophy," Bucknell Review 19, 3 (1972): 69-100.

"Experimentalism Plus," Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 33,2 (1972): 149-82.

Roy Wood Sellars (Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1975).

Werkmeister, W. H.
History of Philosophical Ideas in the United States (New York: Ronald Press, ).

Wilson, Edwin H.
The Genesis of a Humanist Manifesto (1995)
Problems from Wilfrid Sellars