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9780198237549

Problems of Rationality

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    9780198237549

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    0198237545

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2004-08-26
  • Publisher: Clarendon Press

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Problems of Rationality is the eagerly awaited fourth volume of Donald Davidson's philosophical writings. From the 1960s until his death in August 2003 Davidson was perhaps the most influential figure in English-language philosophy, and his work has had a profound effect upon the discipline.His unified theory of the interpretation of thought, meaning, and action holds that rationality is a necessary condition for both mind and interpretation. Davidson here develops this theory to illuminate value judgements and how we understand them; to investigate what the conditions are forattributing mental states to an object or creature; and to grapple with the problems presented by thoughts and actions which seem to be irrational. Anyone working on knowledge, mind, and language will find these essays essential reading.

Table of Contents

Provenance of the Essays and Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xiii
Marcia Cavell
Rationality and Value
1(74)
The Problem of Objectivity (1995)
3(16)
Expressing Evaluations (1984)
19(20)
The Objectivity of Values (1995)
39(20)
Appendix: Objectivity and Practical Reason (2000)
52(7)
The Interpersonal Comparison of Values (1986)
59(16)
Problems and Proposals
75(92)
Turing's Test (1990)
77(10)
Representation and Interpretation (1990)
87(14)
Problems in the Explanation of Action (1987)
101(16)
Could There Be a Science of Rationality? (1995)
117(18)
What Thought Requires (2001)
135(16)
A Unified Theory of Thought, Meaning, and Action (1980)
151(16)
Irrationality
167(64)
Paradoxes of Irrationality (1982)
169(20)
Incoherence and Irrationality (1985)
189(10)
Deception and Division (1986)
199(14)
Who is Fooled? (1997)
213(18)
An Interview with Donald Davidson 231(36)
Ernie Lepore
Contents List of Volumes of Essays 267(6)
Donald Davidson
Index 273

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