02978nam 2200565 a 450 991081010150332120200520144314.01-283-53064-397866138430980-7735-8273-810.1515/9780773582736(CKB)2670000000149040(SSID)ssj0000742885(PQKBManifestationID)11384512(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000742885(PQKBWorkID)10780167(PQKB)10924089(CEL)435908(OCoLC)767732730(CaBNVSL)slc00230107(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/nkz51k(MiAaPQ)EBC3332175(DE-B1597)657543(DE-B1597)9780773582736(EXLCZ)99267000000014904020041215d2004 uy 0engurcn||||||a||txtccrDonald Davidson /Marc JosephMontreal McGill-Queen's University Press20041 electronic text (ix, 245 p.) digital filePhilosophy Now ;10-7735-2780-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-238) and index.Introduction: Davidson's philosophical project -- Meaning and truth I -- Meaning and truth II -- Radical interpretation -- Interpretation and meaning -- Events and causes -- Action theory and explanation in the social sciences -- The matter of mind -- Conclusion: scepticism and subjectivity.Donald Davidson's work is of seminal importance in the development of the analytic tradition following Quine. His views on the nature of language, mind, and action occupy a prominent position in the philosophical literature and are a starting point for much of contemporary analytic philosophy. Davidson's article "Truth and Meaning" helped shape the debate over the proper approach to the semantics of natural language, just as "Actions, Reasons, and Causes" redirected discussions in action theory. His essay "Mental Events" partially defines contemporary discussion in its field, presenting one of the live options in the philosophy of psychology. His views are, however, extremely complex, interconnecting with one another in a myriad of ways and reinforcing one another in a way that makes it very difficult for students to understand his thinking by reading one or two of his articles. In this introduction to Davidson's philosophy Marc Joseph pulls together and examines Davidson's writings, illuminating the challenge of his critique and showing how it departs from the analytic tradition in novel and exciting ways.Meaning (Philosophy)Meaning (Philosophy)191Joseph Marc A860883MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910810101503321Donald Davidson3937947UNINA