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Donald Davidson
Entry from the Stanford Encyclopedia.Category Society Philosophy Philosophers Davidson, DonaldDonald Davidson. Donald Davidson is one of the most important philosophersof the latter half of the twentieth century. His ideas
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Extractions: NOV While his first position was at Queen's College in New York, Davidson spent much of the early part of his career (1951-1967) at Stanford University. He has subsequently held positions at Princeton (1967-1970), Rockefeller (1970-1976), and the University of Chicago (1976-1981). Since 1981 he has taught at the University of California, Berkeley. Davidson has also been the recipient of a number of award and fellowships and has been a visitor at many universities around the world. He has been married, since 1984, to Marcia Cavell. Much of Davidson's early work was in decision theory (see Decision-Making: An Experimental Approach belief that flipping the switch turns on the light in combination with my having the desire to turn on the light (for most explanations explicit reference to both the belief and the desire is unnecessary). An action is thus rendered intelligible through being embedded in a broader system of attitudes attributable to the agent through being embedded, that is, in a broader framework of
Donald Davidson
Brief introduction from The Public Philosopher.Category Society Philosophy Philosophers Davidson, DonaldDonald Davidson (1917 ). Donald Davidson is considered by many to be the foremostAmerican philosopher of the latter half of the twentieth century.
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Extractions: Donald Davidson is considered by many to be the foremost American philosopher of the latter half of the twentieth century. His influence has been pervasive, in not only circles of analytic thinking and philosophy of science, but Davidson's curious brand of language-based realism has been influential to some postmoderns like Richard Rorty who look to move past relativism and skepticism. Davidson himself has been heavily influenced by W.V.O. Quine and American pragmatism, and while he has never produced a magnum opus per se, his essays have been collected into two heavily influential volumes (see bibliographic references below).
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Donald Davidson
davidson donald, Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation (Oxford Clarendon Press,1984), includes (amongst others) `Theories of Meaning and Learnable
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Extractions: A B C D ... Z Born 6 March, 1917, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, Donald Herbert Davidson completed his undergraduate study at Harvard, graduating in 1939. His doctoral studies were interrupted by service with the US Navy in the Mediterranean from 1942-45. He graduated from Harvard in 1949 with a doctoral dissertation on Plato's `Philebus'. His first academic position was at Queen's College in New York and he has since held positions at Stanford, Princeton, and Rockefeller Universities, as well as at the University of Chicago and, since 1981, at the University of California at Berkeley. One of Davidson's earliest published papers is `Actions, Reasons and Causes' (1963). There Davidson argues, against the reigning Wittgensteinian orthodoxy of the time, that rational and causal explanation are compatible, and that only if reasons are the causes of the actions they rationalise can they be said to explain those actions. Crucial to Davidson's account of action explanation are the ideas of a `primary reason' - a belief-desire pair in the light of which an action is explained - and of action `under a description' (a phrase originally appearing in G. E. M. Anscombe's Intention [1959]). The latter idea provides a means by which the same item of behaviour can be understood as intentional under some decriptions but not under others.
Donald Davidson
davidson donald, Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation(Oxford Clarendon Press,1984), includes (amongst others) `Truth and Meaning', `Quotation', `On
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Extractions: A B C D ... Z Born on March 6th, 1917, in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, Donald Herbert Davidson completed his undergraduate study at Harvard, graduating in 1939. His early interests were in literature and classics and, as an undergraduate, Davidson was strongly influenced by A. N. Whitehead. After starting graduate work in classical philosophy (completing a Master's degree in 1941), Davidson's studies were interrupted by service with the US Navy in the Mediterranean from 1942-45. He continued work in classical philosophy after the war, graduating from Harvard in 1949 with a dissertation on Plato's `Philebus'. By this time, however, the direction of Davidson's thinking had already, under Quine's influence, changed quite dramatically (the two having first met at Harvard in 1939-40) and he had begun to move away from the largely literary and historical concerns that had preoccupied him as an undergraduate towards a more strongly analytical approach. While his first position was at Queen's College in New York, Davidson spent much of the early part of his career (1951-1967) at Stanford University. He has subsequently held positions at Princeton (1967-1970), Rockefeller (1970-1976), and the University of Chicago (1976-1981). Since 1981 he has taught at the University of California, Berkeley. Davidson has also been the recipient of a number of awards and fellowships and, in 1970, was the John Locke Lecturer at the University of Oxford.
Donald Davidson
davidson donald, Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation(Oxford Clarendon Press,1984), includes (amongst others) Truth and Meaning, Quotation
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Extractions: A B C D ... Z Decision-Making: An Experimental Approach belief that flipping the switch turns on the light in combination with my having the desire to turn on the light (for most explanations explicit reference to both the belief and the desire is unnecessary). An action is thus rendered intelligible through being embedded in a broader system of attitudes attributable to the agent through being embedded, that is, in a broader framework of rationality Intention [1959]). As with the concept of a primary reason the idea here is simple enough: one and the same action is always amenable to more than one correct description. This idea is especially important, however, as it provides a means by which the same item of behaviour can be understood as intentional under some descriptions but not under others. Thus my action of flipping the light switch can be redescribed as the act of turning on the light (under which it is intentional) and also as the act of alerting the prowler who, unbeknown to me, is lurking in the bushes outside (under which it is unintentional). Generalising this point we can say that the same event can be referred to under quite disparate descriptions: the event of alerting the prowler is the same event as my flipping the light switch which is the same event as my moving of my body (or a part of my body) in a certain way.
Donald Davidson
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Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson. Davidson (1979) provides an analysis of metaphor thatreaches much the same conclusions as Searle, namely (i) that
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Extractions: Davidson (1979) provides an analysis of metaphor that reaches much the same conclusions as Searle, namely: (i) that metaphoricity is defined relative to a strong notion of literality; (ii) that literality is somehow an inherent property of words and not of concepts and world models; and (iii) that the meaning of metaphoric utterance must be comprehended both in terms of what it literally means (Searle's LSM), and the meaning that it causes the hearer to infer (Searle's SUM). Davidson's main contribution, however, over and above Searle, harks back to the writing of the later- Wittgenstein, in which he claims that "I depend on the distinction between what words mean and what they are used to do. I think metaphor belongs exclusively to the domain of use." [Davidson, 1979] Referring back to Searle, then, the LSM (Literal Sentence Meaning) belongs to the domain of meaning, while the SUM (Sentence Utterance Meaning) belongs to the domain of use. As an extension to Searle, however, Davidson offers a caution to the reader regarding the nature of SUM, claiming that the SUM is not actually carried by the metaphor (as a secondary meaning), rather it is created by the hearer in response to the metaphor: "Metaphors mean what the words, in their most literal interpretation, mean, and nothing more. [...] The central mistake [...] is the idea that a metaphor has, in addition to its literal sense or meaning, another sense or meaning."
Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson Painter. Summer Song (1995) 65 x 60 issue of Articulatemagazine (June, 1995). A selection of Donald Davidson's works.
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Donald Davidson
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Onfocus.com : Quotes By Donald Davidson
quotes by Donald davidson donald Davidson, philosopher (1917 ). Nothingin the world, no object or event, would be true or false
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Traveling Artist: About The Artist, Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson created the watercolor illustrations of wildflowers used in thiswebsite while serving as a National Park Service Volunteerin-the-Park
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Extractions: Donald Davidson created the watercolor illustrations of wildflowers used in this website while serving as a National Park Service Volunteer-in-the-Park/Botanical Artist in the Southwest/Intermountain Region throughout the spring wildflower blooms of 1999 through 2002. All watercolors were executed directly on location, in the field, without collecting specimens or using photography. He will able to continue his National Park Service efforts up through 2003 thanks to the generous support by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, The Southwest Parks and Monuments Association - AZ, The Utah Native Plant Society and The Native Plant Society of New Mexico, as well as, the Natural Historic Associations of each Park and Monument listed. A solo exhibition of Davidson's botanical illustrations from the Chihuahuan Desert Region will be held at the Centennial Museum at the University of Texas at El Paso, January though April 2003. Workshops and lectures in conjunction with the exhibit will be held at Carlsbad Caverns National Park during the month of April. The artist and his wife, the writer Rosie Dempsey, reside in Washington, D.C. where they pursue their life-long interest in gardening.
Donald Davidson [Internet Encyclopedia Of Philosophy]
Entry from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.Category Society Philosophy Philosophers davidson, donalddonald davidson (b. 1917). donald davidson, one of the most significant philosophersof the XX century, was born 6 March, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Extractions: Life and Influences Donald Davidson, one of the most significant philosophers of the XX century, was born 6 March, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He studied English, Comparative Literature and Classics in his undergraduate years at Harvard. In his sophomore year at Harvard, Davidson attended two classes that made a lasting impression on him. These two classes on philosophy were taught by Alfred North Whitehead in the last year of his career. Davidson was then accepted to graduate studies in philosophy at Harvard, where his teacher was Willard Van Orman Quine. Quine set Davidson on a course in philosophy quite different from that of Whitehead. Subsequently, Davidson did his dissertation on Plato's Philebus According to Davidson, "The central thesis that emerged was that when Plato had reworked the theory of ideas as a consequence of the explorations and criticisms of the Parmenides, Sophist, Theaetetus
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Extractions: The first part of the volume, devoted to the philosophy of language, consists of four papers. The first of them, Jerry Fodor and Ernie LePore's Meaning, Holism and the Problem of Extensionality concentrates on Davidson's effort to derive the theory of meaning from the theory of truth, the theory of truth being captured by means of T-sentences of the kind of the following: "Snow is white is true iff snow is white Fodor and LePore construe the connective iff in these sentences as expressing material equivalence (i.e. they take the T-sentences to be true once the clauses on both sides of iff share the same truth value), and conclude that the T-sentences are not capable of yielding a real meaning theory. They present what they see as three different ways Davidson has tried to improve on this situation: (1) Exploit that languages are structured, that expressions recur in (infinitely) many sentences; i.e. assume that it is the totality of T-sentences which yields us the meaning of each single item. (2) Require that T-sentences be not simply contingent truths, but some kind of
Donald Davidson At Erratic Impact's Philosophy Research Base
donald davidson. Analytic Philosophy at Erratic Impact Philosophy Research Base. donalddavidson. From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Excerpt
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Extractions: by Urszula M. Zeglen Donald Davidson New Books: Donald Davidson Used Books: Donald Davidson Know of a Resource? From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Excerpt: Donald Davidson is one of the most important philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century. His ideas, presented in a series of essays from the 1960's onwards, have been influential across a range of areas from semantic theory through to epistemology and ethics. Davidson's work exhibits a breadth of approach, as well as a unitary and systematic character, which is unusual within twentieth century analytic philosophy. Thus, although he acknowledges an important debt to W. V. O. Quine, Davidson's thought amalgamates influences (though these are not always explicit) from a variety of sources, including Quine, C. I. Lewis, Frank Ramsey, Immanuel Kant and the later Wittgenstein.... Site Includes: Biographical Sketch Action and Mind Meaning and Truth Knowledge and Belief ... Article by Vladimir Kalugin from the The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Excerpt: LIFE AND INFLUENCES. Donald Davidson, one of the most significant philosophers of the XX century, was born 6 March, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He studied English, Comparative Literature and Classics in his undergraduate years at Harvard. In his sophomore year at Harvard, Davidson attended two classes that made a lasting impression on him. These two classes on philosophy were taught by Alfred North Whitehead in the last year of his career. Davidson was then accepted to graduate studies in philosophy at Harvard, where his teacher was Willard Van Orman Quine. Quine set Davidson on a course in philosophy quite different from that of Whitehead. Subsequently, Davidson did his dissertation on Plato's
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Extractions: Donald Davidson, one of the most significant philosophers of the 20th century, was born 6 March, 1917 in Springfield, Massachusetts. He studied English, Comparative Literature and Classics in his undergraduate years at Harvard. In his sophomore year at Harvard, Davidson attended two classes that made a lasting impression on him. These two classes on philosophy were taught by Alfred North Whitehead in the last year of his career. Davidson was then accepted to graduate studies in philosophy at Harvard, where his teacher was Willard Van Orman Quine. Quine set Davidson on a course in philosophy quite different from that of Whitehead. Subsequently, Davidson did his dissertation on Plato's Philebus According to Davidson, "The central thesis that emerged was that when Plato had reworked the theory of ideas as a consequence of the explorations and criticisms of the Parmenides, Sophist, Theaetetus, and Politicus, he realized that the theory could no longer be deployed as a main support of an ethical position, as it had been developed in the Republic and elsewhere." Davidson's dissertation topic is mentioned only
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