{"product_id":"a-companion-to-donald-davidson-isbn-9780470673706","title":"A Companion to Donald Davidson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Donald Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e presents newly commissioned essays by leading figures within contemporary philosophy. Taken together, they provide a comprehensive overview of Davidson’s work across its full range, and an assessment of his many contributions to philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the breadth of Davidson's work across philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the continuing influence his work has on the philosophical community\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes newly commissioned contributions from leading figures in contemporary philosophy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an in-depth exposition and analysis of Davidson's work across the range of areas to which he contributed, including philosophy of action, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Life and Work 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErnie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Action Theory 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Action Explanation 15\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRalf Stoecker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Practical Reason 32\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAgnes Callard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Action Individuation 48\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHugh J. McCann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Freedom to Act 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eOlav Gjelsvik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Intention 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLuca Ferrero\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Metaphysics 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Event Variables and Their Values 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul M. Pietroski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Causation 126\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Heil\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Davidson’s “Method of Truth” in Metaphysics 141\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam G. Lycan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Concept of Truth 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Glanzberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Philosophy of Language 173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Truth in the Theory of Meaning 175\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eErnie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Parataxis 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam Sennet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Logical Form 208\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMiguel Hoeltje\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Radical Interpretation and the Principle of Charity 225\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePeter Pagin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Davidson’s Measurement-Theoretic Analogy 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePiers Rawling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Reference 264\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Robert G. Williams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Language and Thought 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA.P. Martinich\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Conceptual Schemes 300\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Henderson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Interpretation and Value 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert H. Myers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Predication 328\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJeff Speaks\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Convention and Meaning 339\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKathrin Glüer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Metaphor and Varieties of Meaning 361\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElisabeth Camp\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Davidson and Literary Theory 379\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSamuel C. Wheeler III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Philosophy of Mind 393\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Larger Philosophical Signifi cance of Holism 395\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol Rovane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Anomalous Monism 410\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian P. McLaughlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Triangular Externalism 443\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSven Bernecker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Triangulation 456\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClaudine Verheggen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Rationality as a Constitutive Ideal 472\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Rescorla\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Irrationality 489\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSarah Stroud\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Rationality of the Emotions 506\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMitchell Green\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Epistemology 519\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Davidson and Radical Skepticism 521\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDuncan Pritchard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 First-Person Authority 533\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Knowledge of Other Minds in Davidson’s Philosophy 550\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnita Avramides\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Influences and Influence 565\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 33 Quine and Davidson 567\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHans-Johann Glock\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Davidson and Contemporary Philosophy 588\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePascal Engel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eName Index 605\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index 609\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eErnie Lepore\u003c\/b\u003e is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is currently Acting Director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, and a professor at Rutgers University. He is the co-author with Herman Cappelen of \u003ci\u003eInsensitive Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2004) and \u003ci\u003eLanguage Turned On Itself\u003c\/i\u003e (2007) and co-author with Kirk Ludwig of \u003ci\u003eDonald Davidson:\u003c\/i\u003e Meaning, Truth, Language and Reality (2005) and \u003ci\u003eDonald Davidson’s Truth-theoretic Semantics\u003c\/i\u003e (2007). He is editor of the \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Philosophy of Language\u003c\/i\u003e (with B. Smith, 2006) and general editor of the Blackwell series \u003ci\u003ePhilosophers and Their Critics.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirk Ludwig\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University, Bloomington. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, under the direction of Donald Davidson. He is the editor of the volume on \u003ci\u003eDonald Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e (2003) in the Cambridge Contemporary Philosophy in Focus series, and he is co-author with Ernie Lepore (Rutgers) of \u003ci\u003eDonald Davidson: Meaning, Truth, Language and Reality\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eDonald\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavidson’s Truth-theoretic Semantics \u003c\/i\u003e(2007).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eDonald Davidson was one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the latter half of the 20th century. His contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of action, ontology and metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and epistemology continue to have enormous influence today. Yet despite a wide range of publications about or influenced by Davidson’s work, none – until now - presents a comprehensive overview of his work across its full thematic and temporal range.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Donald Davidson\u003c\/i\u003e provides a much-needed in-depth exposition and analysis of the full range of Davidson's contributions to philosophy through newly commissioned essays by leading figures in contemporary philosophy. The volume will be of great interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional philosophers, who are seeking an overview and a critical discussion of Davidson’s work.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This Companion to Davidson offers a cornucopia of new writings establishing the continuing relevance of Davidson's philosophical writings in action theory, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and epistemology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e—Gilbert Harman, Princeton University\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988605550821,"sku":"NP9780470673706","price":226.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780470673706.jpg?v=1761780943","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-donald-davidson-isbn-9780470673706","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}