Donald Davidson (Berkeley University of California)

Broschiertes Buch

Inquiries Into Truth and Interpretation

Beschreibung

Argues that a philosophically instructive theory of meaning should acknowledge the holistic nature of linguistic understanding. This work covers topics such as the relation between theories of truth and theories of meaning, translation, quotation, belief, radical interpretation, reference, metaphor, and communication.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• The Philosophical Essays of Donald Davidson (5 Volumes)
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• 2nd ed.
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 410g
• ISBN-13: 9780199246298
• ISBN-10: 0199246297
• Artikelnr.: 14981950