Companion to Donald Davidson

Name: Companion to Donald Davidson
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ISBN: 9780470673706

ISBN-10: 0470673702

ISBN-13: 9780470673706

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ernest Lepore, Kirk Ludwig

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A Companion to Donald Davidson presents newly commissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophy. Taken together, they provide a comprehensive overview of Davidson’s work across its full range, and an assessment of his many contributions to philosophy. Highlights the breadth of Davidson′s work across philosophy Demonstrates the continuing influence his work has on the philosophical community Includes newly commissioned contributions from leading figures in contemporary philosophy Provides an in–depth exposition and analysis of Davidson′s work across the range of areas to which he contributed, including philosophy of action, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of…

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List price: $376.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/30/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 632
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.90" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English



Notes on Contributors


Introduction: Life and Work



Action Theory



Action Explanation




Practical Reason




Action Individuation




Freedom to Act




Intention




Metaphysics



Event Variables and Their Values




Causation




Davidson's "Method of Truth" in Metaphysics




The Concept of Truth




Philosophy of Language



Truth in the Theory of Meaning




Parataxis




Logical Form




Radical Interpretation and the Principle of Charity




Davidson's Measurement-Theoretic Analogy




Reference




Language and Thought




Conceptual Schemes




Interpretation and Value




Predication




Convention and Meaning




Metaphor and Varieties of Meaning




Davidson and Literary Theory




Philosophy of Mind



The Larger Philosophical Significance of Holism




Anomalous Monism




Triangular Externalism




Triangulation




Rationality as a Constitutive Ideal




Irrationality




The Rationality of the Emotions




Epistemology



Davidson and Radical Skepticism




First-Person Authority




Knowledge of Other Minds in Davidson's Philosophy




Influences and Influence



Quine and Davidson




Davidson and Contemporary Philosophy



Name Index


General Index