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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Donald Davidson"”.
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What can be meant--evaluating a skeptical argument by Donald Davidson
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1990.
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A Davidsonian Response to the Dead Metaphor Problem
In his article, "What Metaphors Mean," Donald Davidson presented his own unique theory of metaphor. While this theory has proved to be influential, there seems to be one problem which a Davidsonian theory cannot account for: the dead metaphor problem. Due to certain aspects of Davidson's theory of …
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Rorty, Davidson, and Metaphor
In his essay "What Metaphors Mean," Donald Davidson gave a striking view of metaphor, claiming that metaphorical utterances have no meaning beyond the literal meanings of the words contained in them. Richard Rorty claims that this view of metaphor can be used to argue that cultural, moral, and …
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Interpretation and explanation in psychoanalysis
… object. On the basis of the work of Donald Davidson and Arthur Dante, it is argued instead that the nature and status of Psychoanalysis as a knowledge is best understood and assessed in terms of a third alternative provided by the historical epistemology germane to the psychoanalytic …
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'Equivocity' and Metaphorical Meaning
… basic motivations. Special attention is given to Donald Davidson and Friedrich Nietzsche. It is argued that these two philosophers, despite their positions on polar opposites of a theoretical continuum, have much in common and that their views share common problems that infect the entire …
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The Primitive Thesis: Defending a Davidsonian Conception of Truth
… dissertation I defend the claim, long held by Donald Davidson, that truth is a primitive concept that cannot be correctly or informatively defined in terms of more basic concepts. To this end I articulate the history of the primitive thesis in the 20th century, working through early Moore, …
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Understanding Dead Languages
… dynamic provided by the community of readers. Donald Davidson argued that the meaning of language is not conventional, but rather is discovered in a dynamic process of "passing theories" generated by the speaker and listener. On this view a dead language is incomplete, because such dynamic …
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Davidson and Conceptual Schemes
… paper “On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme” Donald Davidson argues that we cannot make sense of the claim that there could be conceptual schemes which are different from our own. He argues that conceptual schemes different to our own must be untranslatable into our own language, and further …
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Truth, objectivity and subjectivity in accounting
… activity. The account given by the philosopher Donald Davidson of the very possibility of knowledge is used to justify the view that intersubjectivity is all the foundation we need, or can have, for objectivity, and to defend out claim that we can have accounting knowledge, that is, true …
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Sinnesreize, Sprache und Erfahrung : eine Studie zur Quineschen Erkenntnistheorie
… kritisiert, insbesondere von Richard Rorty und Donald Davidson. Man warf Quine vor, er verwechsle die Beschreibung von Kausalmechanismen beim Entstehen von Urteilen mit Fragen nach deren Rechtfertigung, oder monierte, daß die Fundierung von Theorien durch Beobachtungssätze einem Cartesischen …
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Mechanistic and psychological explanations of behaviour: the problem of mental causation
… defined since a series of papers authored by Donald Davidson who showed, very clearly, how the problem arises given the following three principles : (i) the Principle of Causal Interaction which holds that mental states interact causally with physical states. (2) the Principle of the …
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Mechanism and rationality : the case for explanatory incompatibilism
… compatibility as advocated by Alvin Goldman and Donald Davidson. But this version of compatibilism is found to be wanting because it also leads to the epiphenomenalism of the mental. Chapter Five, the conclusion, summarises the basic argument and attempts to develop the author's own account of …
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Approaches to action
… The identity theory, as described by Donald Davidson and Colin McGinn, states that materially instansiable beliefs and desires are the causes of action. However, problems arise from a lack of a priori validity, difficulties regarding the type of reduction or identification needed, and …
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"Bound Together . . . By Blood and Soul": Donald Davidson's Strategic Retreat into the Myth of Life in the Old South
Donald Davidson has often been called stubborn because of his refusal to let go of the Southern past and in his insistence that his writings be based on and in the regional concerns that he saw as fundamental to all Southern literature. In many ways, Davidson's loyalty to the Agrarian and Fugitive …
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A plan for comprehensive community action in Lincoln, Nebraska
Thesis (M.C.P.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning, 1948.
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A recombinant DNA approach to the design and synthesis of novel polysaccharides
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Applied Biological Sciences, 1988.
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Un acercamiento al autismo funcional desde la triangulación davidsoniana
… (2002) "Interpreting autism: A critique of Davidson on thougth and language", que nos permite reflexionar sobre consideraciones importantes como la naturaleza del pensamiento, la adquisición del lenguaje y la comprensión de la racionalidad. . En el primer capítulo, presentamos la …