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Author: Donald Davidson (, University of California, Berkeley)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Volume: v. 2
Dimensions:
Width: 13.80cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 21.70cm
Weight: 0.405kg
ISBN: 9780199246298
ISBN 10: 0199246297
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 27 September 2001
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Davidson, aside from being one of the most influential philosophers of the last century, shares with many of his generation a capacity to write intelligibly. The Philosophers' Magazine
Davidson, aside from being one of the most influential philosophers of the last century, shares with many of his generation a capacity to write intelligibly. * The Philosophers' Magazine *
Review from previous edition `...these intriguing views are ingeniously argued and fruitfully provocative.' Philosophy. `Review from previous edition 'In these eighteen brief articles - written during a period of as many years - Donald Davidson has done something considerable: he has developed a comprehensive program for the study of language-meannig and the explanation of linguistic behaviour... all work in the philosophy of language needs to be reconsidered in relation to the theory outlined by Davidson... everyone interested in topics which are essentially language-related should read, or at least read in, these Inquiries.' Philosophy anf Literature `Review from previous edition 'In these eighteen brief articles - written during a period of as many years - Donald Davidson has done something considerable: he has developed a comprehensive program for the study of language-meannig and the explanation of linguistic behaviour... all work in the philosophy of language needs to be reconsidered in relation to the theory outlined by Davidson... everyone interested in topics which are essentially language-related should read, or at least read in, these Inquiries.' Philosophy and Literature
Author Information
Donald Davidson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Donald Davidson is Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, completing his Ph.D. in classical philosophy after serving in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. Before coming to Berkeley in 1981, he was Professor at Stanford, Princeton, Rockefeller, and the University of Chicago. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
