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Donald Davidson has made enormous contributions to the philosophy of action, epistemology, semantics and philosophy of mind and today is recognized as one of the most important analytical philosophers of the late twentieth century.Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning and Knowledge addresses* Davidson's writings on epistemology and theory of language with their implications of ontology and philosophy of mind* the central issue of whether truth is the ultimate goal of enquiry, challenged by contributions from Richard Rorty and Paul Horwich* Davidson's approach to semantics and applied linguistics as addressed by Kirk Ludwig, Gabriel Segal, Peter Pagin, Stephen Neale, Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore and Reinaldo Elugardo* Davidson's advances in the philosophy of mind in relation to the views of Williard V. Quine, John McDowell and Peter F. Strawson, in essays by Roger Gibson and Anita Avramides Booknews Ten essays on the work of the contemporary Anglo-American philosopher, Donaldson himself contributing a short reply to R. Rorty on whether or not truth is the goal of inquiry, and commentary on eight of the essays and on the collection in general. They grapple with meaning, truth, and interpretation, semantics and its applications; and knowledge and mind. A substantial introduction puts his work into historical and contemporary context. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to reading Davidson1Pt. IPolemics151Is truth a goal of inquiry? Discussion with Rorty172Davidson on deflationism20Pt. IIMeaning, truth and interpretation253Theories of meaning, truth and interpretation27Reply to Kirk Ludwig464How a truth theory can do duty as a theory of meaning48Reply to Gabriel Segal575Radical interpretation and compositional structure59Reply to Peter Pagin72Pt. IIISemantics and its applications756From semantics to ontology, via truth, reference and quantification77Reply to Stephen Neale877Semantics for quotation90Reply to Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore1008Samesaying102Reply to Reinaldo Elugardo119Pt. IVKnowledge and mind1219McDowell on Quine, Davidson and epistemology123Reply to Roger F. Gibson13410Davidson and the new sceptical problem136Reply to Anita Avramides15411General comments157Bibliography161Index184
