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    • Publisher:
      Acumen Publishing
      Publication date:
      05 February 2013
      31 March 2004
      ISBN:
      9781844653027
      9781902683263
      9781902683270
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/UPO9781844653027
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      Philosophy of Mind and Language, Philosophy
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    Donald Davidson's work has been of seminal importance in the development of analytic philosophy and his views on the nature of language, mind and action remain the starting point for many of the central debates in the analytic tradition. His ideas, however, are complex, often technical, and interconnected in ways that can make them difficult to understand. This introduction to Davidson's philosophy examines the full range of his writings to provide a clear succinct overview of his ideas. The book begins with an account of the assumptions and structure of Davidson's philosophy of language, introducing his compositionalism, extensionalism and commitment to a Tarski-style theory of truth as the model for theories of meaning. It goes on to show how that philosophical framework is to be applied and how it challenges the traditional picture. Marc Joseph examines Davidson's influential work on action theory and events and discusses the commonly made charge that his theory of action and mind leaves the mental as a mere "epiphenomenon" of the physical. The final section explores Davidson's philosophy of mind, some of its consequences for traditional views of subjectivity and objectivity and, more generally, the relation between minded beings and the physical and mental world they occupy.

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    "All of Davidson's famous views are covered, his arguments are explained, and standard objections considered. But what makes this book so good is Joseph's ability to situate all this in a broader framework, whether it be Davidson's systematic project in philosophy or contemporary debate in philosophy of language, action and mind."

    Source: International Journal of Philosophical Studies

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