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Twenty-seven critical essays, an introduction to Davidson's philosophy of language, and three essays by Davidson himself make up this volume. The volume's five sections correspond to the major sections of Davidson's ""Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation"" addressing, interpreting and further developing his views. The first section focuses on truth and meaning, the second on applications of Davidson's semantic theory, the third on radical interpretation, the fourth on language and reality and the fifth on limits of the literal.

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Author:   Ernest Lepore (Rutgers University)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.822kg
ISBN:  

9780631169482

ISBN 10:   0631169482
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   29 June 1989
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Donald Davidson Preface: Ernest LePore Part I: Introduction 1. Truth in Meaning Part II: Truth and Meaning 2. Linguistic Theory and Davison's Program in Semantics: James Higginbotham 3. Learnability of Semantic Theory: Robert J. Matthews 4. Why Intensionalists Ought Not Be Fregeans: Jerrold J. Katz 5. How to Turn the `Tractatus' Wittgenstein into (Almost) Donald Davidson: J.J.C. Smart 6. Meaning, Holism and Use: Akeel Bilgrami Part III: Applications 7. The Meanings of Logical Constants: Gilbert Harman 8. Tenses, Temporal Quantifiers and Semantic Innocence: Barry Richards 9. What a Truth Theory Need Not Tell Us: Richard E. Grandy 10. On Davidson's `Saying That': Tyler Burge Part IV: Radical Interpretations 11. Translation Theories and the Decipherment of Linear B: John Wallace 12. Testing Theories of Interpretation: Bruce Vermazen 13. Semantics and Methodological Solipsism: William G. Lycan 14. Information and the Mental: Hilary Putnam 15. Davidson and Social Science: Michael Root Part V: Language and Reality 16. A Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge: Donald Davidson 17. Empirical Content: Donald Davidson 18. Pragmaism, Davidson and Truth: Richard Rorty 19. Radical Interpretation and Epistemology: Colin McGinn 20. Radical Interpretation and Global Skepticism: Peter D. Klein 21. `Circular' Coherence and `Absurd' Foundations: Ernest Sosa 22. The Third Dogma: Robert Kraut 23. The Metaphysics of Interpretation: Carol Rovane Part VI: Limits of the Literal 24. A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs: Donald Davidson 25. The Parody of Conversation: Ian Hacking 26. `A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs': Some Comments on Davidson and Hacking: Michael Dummett 27. Indeterminacy of French Interpretation: Derrida and Davidson: Samuel C. Wheeler III 28. Metaphor, Dreamwork and Irrationality: Marcia Cavell Index.

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Ernest LePore is Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University.

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