Dialogues with Davidson ? Acting, Interpreting, Understanding

Malpas, Jeff

ISBN 10: 0262015560 / ISBN 13: 9780262015561

Published by MIT Press, 2011

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Leading scholars discuss Donald Davidson's work in relation to a wide range of contemporary philosophical issues and approaches. Editor(s): Malpas, Jeff. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 31. Weight in Grams: 814. 2011. hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialogues with Davidson ? Acting, Interpreting, Understanding
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262015560
• ISBN 13: 9780262015561
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Leading scholars discuss Donald Davidson's work in relation to a wide range of contemporary philosophical issues and approaches.

The work of the philosopher Donald Davidson (1917–2003) is not only wide ranging in its influence and vision, but also in the breadth of issues that it encompasses. Davidson's work includes seminal contributions to philosophy of language and mind, to philosophy of action, and to epistemology and metaphysics.

In Dialogues with Davidson, leading scholars engage with Davidson's work as it connects not only with aspects of current analytic thinking but also with a wider set of perspectives, including those of hermeneutics, phenomenology, the history of philosophy, feminist epistemology, and contemporary social theory. They link Davidson's work to other thinkers, including Collingwood, Kant, Derrida, Heidegger, and Gadamer.

The essays demonstrate the continuing significance of Davidson's philosophy, not only in terms of the philosophical relevance of the ideas he advanced, but also in the further connections and insights those ideas engender.

About the Author

Philippe Aghion is Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Aghion is coauthor (with Peter Howitt) of Endogenous Growth Theory (MIT Press, 1997).