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Davidson said there are no untranslatable conceptual schemes. A working translator is not so sure
A colleague recently sent me Donald Davidson's essay “On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme” (1974), with the note: “He proves your job is always possible.” As I understand it, Davidson attacks the idea that different languages or cultures might organise…
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The deviant causal chain shows the causal theory of action cannot be repaired
I care about analyses that can be stated precisely, and this one, I'll argue, can't be. Davidson's causal theory: a movement is an action when it's caused in the right way by the agent's reasons, a belief–desire pair. Davidson's own counterexample, the…
Started by Tomasz Szewczak6 replies