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The analysis of the connections between truth, meaning, thought, and action poses a major philosophical challenge--one that Donald Davidson addressed by establishing a unified theory of language and mind. This volume offers a reappraisal of Davidson's intellectual legacy. Twelve specially written essays by leading philosophers in the field illuminate a range of enduring philosophical problems, and engage in particular with Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig's interpretation of Davidson's philosophy. The collection affirms Davidson's continuing influence on the study of language, mind, and action, and offers a variety of new perspectives on his work.

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Author:   Gerhard Preyer (Goethe-University, Frankfurt)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780199697519

ISBN 10:   0199697515
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   06 September 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig: Introduction: Davidson's Philosophical Project Part I: Truth-Theory, Meaning, and Logical Form 1: Gilbert Harman: Davidson's Contribution to the Philosophy of Language 2: Peter Pagin: Truth Theories, Competence, and Semantic Computation 3: Gary Ebbs: Davidson's Explication of Meaning 4: Zoltan Gendler Szabo: Against Logical Form 5: William G. Lycan: A Truth Predicate in the Object Language 6: Nathaniel Goldberg: Swampman, Response-Dependence, and Meaning Part II: Radical Interpretation, Perception, and the Mental 7: Olav Gjelsvik: Knowledge and Error: A New Approach to Radical Interpretation 8: Kathrin Gluer: Perception and Intermediaries 9: Bruce Aune: On Davidson's View of First Person Authority 10: Steven Gross: Davidson, First Person Authority, and the Evidence for Semantics 11: Marga Reimer: Davidsonian Holism in Recent Philosophy of Psychiatry 12: Richard Manning: Taking Back the Excitement: Construing 'Theoretical Concepts' so as to Avoid the Threat of Underdetermination Index

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Gerhard Preyer is Professor of Sociology at the Goethe-University, Frankfurt. He is the editor of ProtoSociology: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research. He is author, among other works, of Donald Davidson's Philosophy: From Radical Interpretation to Radical Contextualism (2nd edition, 2011), and Intention and Practical Thought (2011).

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