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Donald Davidson has made enormous contributions to the philosophy of action, epistemology, semantics and philosophy of mind and today is recognized as one of the most important analytical philosophers of the late twentieth century. Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning and Knowledge addresses * Davidson's writings on epistemology and theory of language with their implications of ontology and... Read more
Acknowledgements Introduction to Reading Davidson Kirk Ludwig and Urszula M. Zeglen I. Polemics 1. Is Truth a Goal Enquiry? Discussion with Rorty Donald Davidson 2. Davidson on Deflationism Paul Horwich II. Meaning, Truth and Interpretation 3. Theories of Meaning, Truth and Interpretation Kirk Ludwig Reply to Kirk Ludwig Donald Davidson 4. How Can a Truth Do Duty as a Theory of Meaning? Gabriel Segal Reply to Gabriel Segal ^Donald Davidson 5. Radical Interpretation and Compositional Structure Peter Pagin Reply to Peter Pagin Donald Davidson III. Semantics and Its Application 6. From Semantics to Ontology, via Truth, Reference and Quantification Stephen Neale Reply to Stephen Neale Donald Davidson 7. Semantics for Quotation Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore Reply to Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore Donald Davidson 8. Samesaying Reinaldo Elugardo Reply to Reinaldo Elugardo Donald Davidson IV. Knowledge and Mind 9. McDowell on Quine, Davidson, and Epistemology Roger F. Gibson Reply to Roger Gibson Donald Davidson 10. Davidson and the New Sceptical Problem Anita Avramides Reply to Anita Avramides Donald Davidson Bibliography Indexes
Biography
Urszula M. Zeglen
