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Donald Davidson’s Triangulation Argument
A Philosophical Inquiry
By Robert H. Myers and Claudine Verheggen
According to many commentators, Davidson’s earlier work on philosophy of action and truth-theoretic semantics is the basis for his reputation, and his later forays into broader metaphysical and epistemological issues, and eventually into what became known as the triangulation argument, are much less successful. This book by two of his former students aims to change that perception. In Part One, Verheggen begins by providing an explanation and defense of the triangulation argument, then explores its implications for questions concerning semantic normativity and reductionism, the social character of language and thought, and skepticism about the external world. In Part Two, Myers considers what the argument can tell us about reasons for action, and whether it can overcome skeptical worries based on claims about the nature of motivation, the sources of normativity and the demands of morality. The book reveals Davidson’s later writings to be full of innovative and important ideas that deserve much more attention than they are currently receiving.
J. Keeping
2014
J. Keeping, 2014. “Joyful Rhythm: Emotion, Expression, and the Birth of Meaning in Merleau-Ponty.” Philosophy Today 58:2, 197-217.
Susan Dimock
2014
Susan Dimock, “Contractarian Criminal Law Theory and Mala Prohibita Offenses” in R.A. Duff, Lindsay Farmer, S.E. Marshall, M. Renzo and …
Michael A. Gilbert
2014
Michael A. Gilbert, [2014]. “Cross-Dressing.” Transgender Studies Quarterly. 75-79.
Michael A. Gilbert
2014
Michael A. Gilbert, [2014]. “Gender Theory and Development.” In Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth. NY: Oxford University …
J. Keeping
2014
J. Keeping, 2014. “Yes, Susan, There is a Hogfather: Hogfather and the Existentialism of Søren Kierkegaard.” In Philosophy and Terry …
D.A. Jopling
2013
D.A. Jopling, “The Placebo Effect in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy.” Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Psychiatry. Edited by K.W.M. Fulford and …
Gerard Naddaf
2013
Gerard Naddaf, review of Daniel W. Graham, Science Before Socrates. Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and the New Astronomy, Oxford: Oxford University Press, …
Susan Dimock
2013
Susan Dimock, “Actio Libera in Causa,” Criminal Law and Philosophy 7:3 (October 2013): 549-569.
Alice MacLachlan
2013
Alice MacLachlan, Justice, Responsibility, and Reconciliation in the Wake of Conflict , co-edited with C. A. Speight (Springer, 2013).
Jim Vernon
2013
Jim Vernon, Hegel and Deleuze: Together Again for the First Time, co-edited with Karen Houle (Chicago: Northwestern University Press, 2013).
Claudine Verheggen
2013
Claudine Verheggen, “Triangulation”, in E. Lepore and K. Ludwig, eds., A Companion to Davidson, Wiley-Blackwell (2013).
Kristin Andrews
2012
Kristin Andrews, Do Apes Read Minds?: Toward a New Folk Psychology (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012).
Duff R. Waring
2012
Duff R. Waring, “The Virtuous Patient,” Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 19, no 1 (2012): 25-36.
Duff R. Waring
2012
Duff R. Waring, “Response: Psychotherapy Through the Prism of Moral Language,” Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 19, no 1 (2012): 45-48.
Susan Dimock
2012
Susan Dimock, Ethics and the Public Service: Trust, Integrity and Democracy co-edited with M. Al-Hakim, G. MacSweeney, A. Antonacci, and A. Manduca-Barone …
J. Keeping
2012
J. Keeping, 2012. “The Thousand Goals and the One Goal: Morality and Will to Power in Nietzsche’s Zarathustra.” European Journal …