Donald Davidson : a short introduction / Kathrin Gluer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glüer, Kathrin, 1966-

Standardized Title:

Donald Davidson zur Einfuhrung. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Davidson, Donald, 1917-2003.

Davidson, Donald.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Donald Davidson was one of the 20th Century's deepest analytic thinkers. He developed a systematic picture of the human mind and its relation to the world, an original and sustained vision that exerted a shaping influence well beyond analytic philosophy of mind and language. At its center is an idea of minded creatures as essentially rational animals: Rational animals can be interpreted, their behavior can be understood, and the contents of their thoughts are, in principle, open to others. The combination of a rigorous analytic stance with aspects of humanism so distinctive of Davidsonian thou

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Radical Interpretation: Davidson's Philosophy of Language; 3. The Principle of Charity; 4. Davidson's Theory of Action; 5. Language, Mind, and World; 6. The Mental and the Physical; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-59537-X

9786613625205

0-19-991010-3

OCLC:

777401241