Donald Davidson's Philosophy of Language: An Introduction - Couverture souple

Ramberg, Bjorn

 
9780631167860: Donald Davidson's Philosophy of Language: An Introduction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0631167862 ISBN 13 : 9780631167860
Editeur : Blackwell Publishers, 1989

Synopsis

This book is an introduction to and interpretation of the philosophy of language devised by Donald Davidson over the past 25 years. The guiding intuition is that Davidson's work is best understood as an ongoing attempt to purge semantics of theoretical reifications. 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. Linguistic understanding is, for Davidson, essentially dynamic, arising only through a continuous process of theory construction and reconstruction. 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 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.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book is an introduction to and interpretation of the philosophy of language devised by Donald Davidson over the past 25 years. The guiding intuition is that Davidson′s work is best understood as an ongoing attempt to purge semantics of theoretical reifications. 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.

Linguistic understanding is, for Davidson, essentially dynamic, arising only through a continuous process of theory construction and reconstruction. 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 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.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Blackwell Publishers
Date d'édition
1989
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0631167862
ISBN 13 
9780631167860
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0631164588 ISBN 13 :  9780631164586
Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 1989
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