Donald Davidson: Philosophy of Language
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (953 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0631164588 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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I think this book is a major classic. Michael Ross This book is the best summation and extension (get it?) of Davidson out there. It is also a critical appraisal. It links Davidson to larger themes in the sceinces, especially those that understand learning to emerge at the intersection of biology and social structure. Language is crucial to an understanding of that emergence, and there is no better take on the whole set of nested issues than Davidson's semantics. Ramberg's writing is clear and concise.
Seen in this light the recent attack on the notion of language itself emerges as a natural development of his Quinian scepticism towards "meanings" and his rejections of reference-based semantic theories. The result is a conception of semantics in which the notion of interpretation and not the notion of knowing a language is fundamental.In the course of his book Bjorn Ramberg provides a critical discussion of reference-based semantic theories, challenging the standard accounts of the principle of charity and elucidating the notion of radical interpretation. The guiding intuition is that Davidson's work is best understood as an ongoing attempt to purge semantics of theoretical reifications. From the Back Cover This book is an introduction to and interpretation of the philosophy of language devised by Donald Davidson over the p
The guiding intuition is that Davidson's work is best understood as an ongoing attempt to purge semantics of theoretical reifications. In the course of his book Bjorn Ramberg provides a critical discussion of reference-based semantic theories, challenging the standard accounts of the principle of charity and elucidating the notion of radical interpretation. The final chapter on incommensurability ties in with the discussions of Kuhn's work in the philosophy of science and suggests certain links between Davidson's analytic semantics and hermeneutic theory.. Seen in this light the recent attack on the notion of language itself emerges as a natural development of his Quinian scepticism t