Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective: Philosophical Essays Volume 3 (Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson) [Hardcover]

Donald Davidson (Author)

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Publication Date: December 13, 2001 | Series: Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson

This is the long-awaited third volume of philosophical writings by Davidson, whose influence on philosophy since the 1960s has been deep and broad. His first two collections, published by Oxford in the early 1980s, are recognized as contemporary classics. His ideas have continued to flow; now, in this new work, he presents a selection of his best work on knowledge, mind, and language from the last two decades. It is a rich and rewarding feast for anyone interested in philosophy, and essential reading for anyone working on these topics.

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There is a wealth of fascinating ideas here ... Davidson's project is ambitious, but his vision is immensely powerful and its execution highly ingenious. It is a very considerable achievement at the intersection of epistemology, philosophy of mind and philosophy of language. Philosophical Investigations Davidson writes philosophy like Wagner wrote operas: nothing less than everything is ever at stake. Jerry Fodor, London Review of Books Ces essais contiennent les principes de sa theorie de la connaissance. Reconcilier, comme ce volume s'en donne le programme, connaissance de soi, connaissance d'autrui, et connaissance du monde commun, n'est pas un programme aise. Quoi qu'il en soit, l'ambition est la, et la constance, la profondeur de la recherche de Davidson depuis une vingtaine d'annees sont manifestes. A peu pres tous les themes classiques de la philosophie analytique sont ici retravailles, approfondis, et modifies, dans une prose extremement travaillee. Peu de philosophes ont eu une influence si forte sur la philosophie de ces dernie res de cennies, aussi bien dans les pays anglophones qu'en Europe. Qu'on suive ou non Davidson dans son ambitieux projet, qui ne vise rien moins qu'a concilier naturalisme et normativite, la lecture de ce volume est un must. Pascal Engel, Revue Philosophique

About the Author

Donald Davidson is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. Donald Davidson is Willis S. and Marion Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard, completing his Ph.D. in classical philosophy after serving in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945. Before coming to Berkeley in 1981, he was Professor at Stanford, Princeton, Rockefeller, and the University of Chicago. He is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 245 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 13, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198237529
• ISBN-13: 978-0198237525
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Articles, September 10, 2002

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This review is from: Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective (Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson) (Paperback)

Oxford is in the process of re-issuing these Davidson anthologies. The anthologies on truth and action do not have much new material. This anthology has some excellent previously published articles on self-knowledge/epistemology and rationality, which has become necessary reading on these respective topics.

Also, look out for new stuff in Vol. 4 and 5 in this series.

I also recommend Stroud's work on Davidson, which can be found in both of his recent collections (Oxford UP).

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5.0 out of 5 stars Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective, June 5, 2008

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In this work Davidson explores various issues surrounding knowledge and epistemology. This work is progressive beginning with essays that deal with knowledge of one's self, moving to knowledge of other people, and then moving to knowledge of an external world. Through his triangulation thesis, Davidson shuts the doors on various types of epistemic skepticism, specifically, knowledge of one's own mental states, knowledge of other minds, and knowledge of the external world. While Davidson is by no means an easy author to read, his arguments are insightful, and his contributions to modern analytic philosophy are undeniable. I would recommend this book to anyone studying modern epistemology.