Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Eubulides, Michael Jubien and Donald Davidson

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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
3970 Thought is only fully developed if we communicate with others [Davidson]
8870 Content of thought is established through communication, so knowledge needs other minds [Davidson]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation
6179 Should we assume translation to define truth, or the other way around? [Blackburn on Davidson]
6399 Criteria of translation give us the identity of conceptual schemes [Davidson]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity
18703 Davidson's Cogito: 'I think, therefore I am generally right' [Davidson, by Button]
8869 The principle of charity attributes largely consistent logic and largely true beliefs to speakers [Davidson]
3971 There is simply no alternative to the 'principle of charity' in interpreting what others do [Davidson]
19154 The principle of charity says an interpreter must assume the logical constants [Davidson]
19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor
7776 Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson]
7777 We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson]
7775 Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson]
19161 We indicate use of a metaphor by its obvious falseness, or trivial truth [Davidson]