Donald Davidson presents a new edition of the 1984 volume which set out his enormously influential philosophy of language. Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation has been a central point of reference and a focus of controversy in the subject ever since, and its influence has extended into linguistic theory, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. The central question which these essays address is what it is for words to mean what they do. This new edition features an additional essay, previously uncollected.
Now in a new edition, this volume updates Davidson's exceptional Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation (1984), which set out his enormously influential philosophy of language. The original volume remains a central point of reference, and a focus of controversy, with its impact extending into linguistic theory, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. Addressing a central question--what it is for words to mean what they do--and featuring a previously uncollected, additional essay, this work will appeal to a wide audience of philosophers, linguists, and psychologists.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Provenance of the Essays and Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Truth and Meaning
- 2: Truth and Meaning (1967)
- 3: True to the Facts (1969)
- 4: Semantics for Natural Languages (1970)
- 5: In Defence of Convention T (1973)
- Applications
- 7: On Saying That (1968)
- 8: Moods and Performances (1979)
- Radical Interpretation
- 10: Belief and the Basis of Meaning
- Appendix to Essay 10: Reply to Quine and Lewis (1974)
- 11: Thought and Talk (1975)
- 12: Reply to Foster (1976)
- Language and Reality
- 14: The Method of Truth in Metaphysics
- 15: Reality Without Reference (1977)
- 16: The Inscrutibility of Reference (1979)
- Limits of the Literal
- 18: Communication and Convention (1982)
- Bibliographical References, Index