TY  - BOOK
AU  - Davidson,Donald
TI  - Problems of rationality
SN  - 0198237545
AV  - BC177 .D377 2004
U1  - ARCH YNDC 192 D252P 21
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Clarendon Press
KW  - Practical reason
KW  - Objectivity
KW  - Philosophy, British
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Rationality and value. The problem of objectivity (1995) ; Expressing evaluations (1984) ; The objectivity of values (1995) ; Appendix: objectivity and practical reason (2000) ; The interpersonal comparison of values (1986) -- Problems and proposals. Turing's test (1990) ; Representation and interpretation (1990) ; Problems in an explanation of action (1987) ; Could there be a science of rationality? (1995) ; What thought requires (2001) ; A unified theory of thought, meaning, and action (1980) -- Irrationality. Paradoxes of irrationality (1982) ; Incoherence and irrationality (1985) ; Deception and division (1986) ; Who is fooled? (1997) ; An interview with Donald Davidson / Ernie Lepore
N2  - This book is the eagerly awaited fourth volume of Donald Davidson's philosophical writings. From the 1960s until his death in August 2003 the author 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. The author here develops this theory to illuminate value judgements and how we understand them; to investigate what the conditions are for attributing mental states to an object or creature; and to grapple with the problems presented by thoughts and actions which seem to be irrational
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