FROM THE MYTH OF THE GIVEN TO RADICAL CONCEPTUAL DIVERSITY

• Authors: Terence Rajivan Edward
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper evaluates the following argument, suggested in the writings of Donald Davidson: if there is such a thing as the given, then there can be alternative conceptual schemes; there cannot be alternative conceptual schemes; therefore there is no such thing as the given.

Keywords

EN

CONCEPTUAL SCHEME; DONALD DAVIDSON; GIVEN; MYTH OF THE GIVEN

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Institute of Philosophy of Academy of Sciences of Czech Republic
• Journal: Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3 - 8

Contributors

author

Terence Rajivan Edward

• School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Arthur Lewis Building, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom