On Davidson

by Keya Maitra

This brief text assists students in understanding Davidson's philosophy and thinking so they can more fully engage in useful, intelligent class dialogue and improve their understanding of course... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0534583954
• ISBN13: 9780534583958
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

How did Wheeler do it?

By far the best introduction to Davidson's philosophy. It is amazing that Wheeler could pack, in less than 100 pages, both a description and a justification of so much of Davidson's life's work. One of the things which makes Davidson's work hard to understand is that many of his theses are so bizzare and counterintuative. Here is where Wheeler's book shines--instead of just enumerating bizzare thesis after bizzare thesis, he makes a habit of stating a bizzare thesis and then ALSO stating a very cogent reason why we should believe it. These reasons are so carefully crafted and articulated that it really aids in understanding.