Truth, Language, and History (Philosophical Essays)

By Donald Davidson

Book Overview

Truth, Language, and History is the much-anticipated final volume of Donald Davidson's philosophical writings. In four groups of essays, Davidson continues to explore the themes that occupied him for more than fifty years: the relations between language and the world; speaker intention and linguistic meaning; language and mind; mind and body; mind and world; mind and other minds. He asks: what is the role of the concept of truth in these explorations? And, can a scientific world view make room for human thought without reducing it to something material and mechanistic? Including a new introduction by his widow, Marcia Cavell, this volume completes Donald Davidson's colossal intellectual legacy.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198237561
• ISBN13: 9780198237563
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 8.8"