Ernest Lepore and Kirk Ludwig present the definitive critical exposition of the philosophical system of Donald Davidson (1917-2003). Davidson's ideas had a deep and broad influence in the central areas of philosophy; he presented them in brilliant essays over four decades, but never set out explicitly the overarching scheme in which they all have their place. Lepore's and Ludwig's book will therefore be the key work, besides Davidson's own, for understanding one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century.
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`Review from previous edition Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig have done the philosophical community a great service by beginning the project of providing an accessible account of Davidson's work, along with an informed and sympathetic critical analysis.... A review cannot do justice to the rich, intricate, and valuable analysis presented in this book. One of its main strengths is the introduction of nicely crafted distinctions used in clear and helpful reconstructions of Davidson's arguments. It is easy to find one's way around in this work, as there are clear guideposts to what will be covered in each chapter, and excellent summaries at the end of both chapters and sections.... this book will be accessible to undergraduate philosophy majors with a taste for hard work.... this is also a must read for any Davidson scholar.... the complexity, cleverness, creativity, and intellectual stamina of Davidson's work shines out in this book' James W. Garson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
`They offer a straight-ahead, analytic Davidson and their rendition is, I think, pitch perfect. Not only do they get Davidson right in general terms, but on every disputed point of exegesis, their careful reconstructions of Davidson's views are exactly right. This book is, therefore, a very impressive, and a very useful achievement.' Simon Evnine, Mind
`Lepore and Ludwig have provided a magnificently impressive critical detailed account of Donald Davidsons contributions to the philosophy of logic, language, and mind.' Gilbert Harman, Princeton University
`They offer a straight-ahead, analytic Davidson and their rendition is, I think, pitch perfect. Not only do they get Davidson right in general terms, but on every disputed point of exegesis, their careful reconstructions of Davidson's views are exactly right. This book is, therefore, a very impressive, and a very useful achievement.' Simon Evnine, Mind
`Lepore and Ludwig have provided a magnificently impressive critical detailed account of Donald Davidsons contributions to the philosophy of logic, language, and mind.' Gilbert Harman, Princeton University
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Ernie Lepore is Associate Director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Kirk Ludwig is Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Philosophy Department at the University of Florida in Gainesville.
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P. F. Strawson-borrowing a phrase from Virginia Woolf-once described Donald Davidson as a man "of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea" (Strawson 1984). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
compositional meaning theory, interpretive truth theory, extensionally adequate truth theory, hold true attitudes, evidence about sentences, extensionally adequate theory, omniscient interpreter argument, basic methodological stance, recursive truth theory, radical interpreter, nonsynonymous sentences, canonical proof procedure, facto interpretive, purely behavioral evidence, context sensitive elements, radically different conceptual schemes, compositional meaning theories, extensionality problem, object language sentence, equivalent singular terms, semantical primitives, canonical theorems, compositionality requirement, object language terms, singular referring terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Simple Englisho, Tarski's Convention, Virginia Woolf, Davidson's Convention, Nice Derangement of Epitaphs, Universal Quantifier Instantiation, Bertrand Russell, Rational Animals, David Lewis, Knowing One's Own Mind, Long Shot, The Social Aspect of Language, Muhammad Ali, Peano Arithmetic, The Myth of the Subjective, Charles Morris, Epistemology Externalized, Ian Hacking, Replacement Theory, Room of One, The Conditions of Thought, While Davidson New!
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P. F. Strawson-borrowing a phrase from Virginia Woolf-once described Donald Davidson as a man "of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea" (Strawson 1984). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
compositional meaning theory, interpretive truth theory, extensionally adequate truth theory, hold true attitudes, evidence about sentences, extensionally adequate theory, omniscient interpreter argument, basic methodological stance, recursive truth theory, radical interpreter, nonsynonymous sentences, canonical proof procedure, facto interpretive, purely behavioral evidence, context sensitive elements, radically different conceptual schemes, compositional meaning theories, extensionality problem, object language sentence, equivalent singular terms, semantical primitives, canonical theorems, compositionality requirement, object language terms, singular referring terms Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Simple Englisho, Tarski's Convention, Virginia Woolf, Davidson's Convention, Nice Derangement of Epitaphs, Universal Quantifier Instantiation, Bertrand Russell, Rational Animals, David Lewis, Knowing One's Own Mind, Long Shot, The Social Aspect of Language, Muhammad Ali, Peano Arithmetic, The Myth of the Subjective, Charles Morris, Epistemology Externalized, Ian Hacking, Replacement Theory, Room of One, The Conditions of Thought, While Davidson New!
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