Abstract

Abstract This is the third volume of Donald Davidson's philosophical writings. In this selection of his work from the 1980s and the 90s, Davidson critically examines three types of propositional knowledge—knowledge of one's own mind, knowledge of other people's minds, and knowledge of the external world—by working out the nature and status of each type, and the connections and differences among them. While his main concern remains the relation between language, thought, and reality, Davidson's discussions touch a vast variety of issues in analytic metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind, including those of truth, human rationality, and facets of the realism–antirealism debate.

Keywords:
Epistemology Metaphysics Rationality Relation (database) Variety (cybernetics) Philosophy of mind Selection (genetic algorithm) Realism Philosophy Philosophy of language Psychology Sociology Computer science Artificial intelligence

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Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Social Sciences →  Psychology →  Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Philosophy
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
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