The Philosophy of Donald Davidson

The Philosophy of Donald Davidson

by Lewis Edwin Hahn (Editor)
The Philosophy of Donald Davidson

The Philosophy of Donald Davidson

by Lewis Edwin Hahn (Editor)

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Overview

Davidson, professor emeritus at U.C. Berkeley, is admired for his provocative and influential theories of mind and language.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780812693997
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Publication date: 10/27/1999
Series: Library of Living Philosophers , #27
Pages: 768
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Frontispieceiv
General Introduction to the Library of Living Philosophersvii
Founder's General Introduction to the Library of Living Philosophersix
Acknowledgmentsxii
Prefacexvii
Part 1Intellectual Autobiography of Donald Davidson1
Sample of Davidson's Handwriting2
Intellectual Autobiography of Donald Davidson3
Part 2Descriptive and Critical Essays on the Philosophy of Donald Davidson, with replies71
A.First Things
1.Where Do We Disagree?73
Reply to W. V. Quine80
2.Scheme-Content Dualism and Empiricism87
Reply to John McDowell105
3.Correspondence, Coherence, and Realism109
Reply to J. J. C. Smart123
4.The Art of Donald Davidson127
"Blind Time Drawing with Davidson"136
Reply to Robert Morris137
B.Skepticism and Knowledge
5.Radical Interpretation and Philosophical Scepticism139
Reply to Barry Stroud162
6.The Very Idea of Massive Truth167
Reply to A. C. Genova192
7.Davidson's New Cogito195
Reply to Thomas Nagel207
8.Why is Self-Knowledge Different from Other Kinds of Knowledge?211
Reply to Akeel Bilgrami225
C.Interpretation and Content
9.Comprehension and Interpretation229
Reply to Tyler Burge251
10.Wittgenstein, Davidson, and Radical Interpretation255
Reply to James Hopkins286
11.On the Way to Language289
Reply to Simon Evnine305
12.Prefers True: Archimedean Point or Achilles' Heel?311
Reply to Deborah Hansen Soles330
13.The Transcendental Pretensions of the Principle of Charity333
Reply to Andrew Cutrofello342
14.Interpretation and Responsibility: Excavating Davidson's Ethical Theory345
Reply to Bill Martin357
15.Locating Donald Davidson and Literary Language361
Reply to Reed Way Dasenbrock378
D.Rationality and Action
16.Akrasia and the Principle of Continence or What the Tortoise Would Say to Achilles381
Reply to Ariela Lazar402
17.Reason and the Gardener407
Reply to Marcia Cavell422
18.Davidson on Weakness of Will and Self-Deception425
Reply to Jon Elster443
19.The Norms of the Mental447
Reply to Pascal Engel460
20.Rationality and Identity463
Reply to Carol Rovane480
21.He Asked for Water and She Gave Him Milk: On Fulfillment and Satisfaction of Intentions483
Reply to Edna Ullmann-Margalit497
22.Indeterminacy and Intention501
Reply to John D. Collins529
23.Representing Preferences: Donald Davidson on Rational Choice531
Reply to Isaac Levi571
E.Anomalous Monism
24.Davidson's Mental-Physical Distinction575
Reply to Richard Rorty595
25.The Significance of Charity601
Reply to Bjorn T. Ramberg619
26.Anomalousness in Action623
Reply to Jennifer Hornsby636
27.Establishing Token-Token Psychophysical Identities641
Reply to Bruce Vermazen653
F.Semantics
28.On Representing657
Reply to Stephen Neale667
29.A Perspective on Truth and Meaning671
Reply to James Higginbotham687
30.The Scope and Limits of Quotation691
Reply to Ernest Lepore715
31.Triangulation719
Reply to Dagfinn Follesdal729
Part 3Bibliography of Donald Davidson733
Index759
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