1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990006083460403321

Autore

Redman, Deborah A.

Titolo

Economics and the philosophy of science / di Deborah A. Redman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, Oxford : Oxford University press, , 1991

Descrizione fisica

XIV,, 252 p. ; 23 cm

Disciplina

330.01

Locazione

FGBC

Collocazione

XV D 466

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777885803321

Autore

Davidson Donald <1917-2003.>

Titolo

The essential Davidson [[electronic resource] /] / Donald Davidson ; with an introduction by Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Clarendon Press, : Oxford University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-383-04356-6

1-281-15466-0

9786611154660

0-19-153721-7

1-4294-3085-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Act (Philosophy)

Language and languages - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Actions, reasons, and causes (1963) -- The logical form of action sentences (with comments, criticism and defense) (1967) -- How is weakness of the will possible? (1969) -- Individuation of events (1969) -- Mental events (1970) ; Appendix : Emeroses by other names (1966) -- Intending (1978) -- Paradoxes of irrationality (1982) -- Truth and meaning (1967) -- On saying that (1968) -- Radical interpretation (1973) -- On the very idea of a conceptual scheme (1974) -- What metaphors mean (1978) -- A coherence theory of truth and knowledge (1983) ; Appendix : Afterthoughts (1987) -- First person authority (1984) -- A nice derangement of epitaphs (1986).

Sommario/riassunto

The Essential Davidson compiles the most celebrated papers of one of the twentieth century's greatest philosophers. With a new introduction by Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig, two of the world's leading authorities on his work, the volume distils Donald Davidson's seminal contributions to our understanding of language, the mind, action, and knowledge, spread over three decades' worth of essays, into one thematically organized collection. It will be invaluable for anyone. seeking a single reference point for some of the most brilliant and influential academic writing of recent times. - ;The Essent