Quine Versus Davidson: Truth, Reference, and Meaning

by Gary Kemp

Gary Kemp presents a penetrating investigation of key issues in the philosophy of language, by means of a comparative study of two great figures of late twentieth-century philosophy. So far as language and meaning are concerned, Willard Van Orman Quine and Donald Davidson are usually regarded as birds of a feather. The two disagreed in print on various matters over the years, but fundamentally they seem to be in agreement; most strikingly, Davidson's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199695628
• ISBN13: 9780199695621
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"