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Metaphorical Meaning and its Interpretations

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Kulka T.
Estetika: The Central European Journal of Aesthetics
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2006
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vol. 42
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issue 1-3
64-79
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The author continues the preceding exchange of views on the nature of metaphor with the American philosopher Nelson Goodman that has been published in 'Poetics Today'. He offers his own theory of metaphor, which assumes a middle ground between Goodman's semantic theory and Davidson's pragmatic conception. The article also presents another argument in support of the thesis that there are only true metaphors, and that the logical space assumed by Goodman for the metaphorical falsehood is already reserved for the category of statements that are nonsensical.
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AKO DAVIDSON PRISTUPUJE K UDALOSTIAM

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Zeleňák E.
Filozofia (Philosophy)
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2008
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vol. 63
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issue 8
683-694
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The aim of the paper is to present Davidson's account of events and to show his semantic way of approaching this metaphysical issue. The author outlines Davidson's views on action sentences and other parts of natural language, which led him to postulating a special variable for events, i.e. in event ontology. Secondly, the author gives a brief summary of the most important views presented in the discussion on events and their nature. On this background the uniqueness of Davidson's approach is highlighted. Finally, the author emphasizes the difference between semantic and metaphysical approaches to events and argues that Davidson is primarily interested in the semantics of the natural language. His argumentation concerning the nature of events is based on the latter. In the author's view this type of semantic approach to a metaphysical topic is one-sided and it may suffer from the shortcomings mentioned in conclusion.
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The Davidson-Quine Dispute on Meaning and Knowledge: A Concise Guide

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Marvan T.
Teorie vědy (Theory of Science)
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2007
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vol. 16/29
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issue 1
113-128
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The paper addresses the debate between Donald Davidson and W.V.O. Quine on the nature of meanings and knowledge. It is argued that Davidson's misgivings, though interesting, are not devastating for Quine's version of empiricism, which is not easily translatable into traditional philosophical categories.
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THE DAVIDSON - QUINE DISPUTE ON MEANING AND KNOWLEDGE: A CONCISE GUIDE (Dyskusja Davidson - Quine na temat znaczenia i wiedzy. Krótki przewodnik)

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Marvan T.
Analiza i Egzystencja. Czasopismo Filozoficzne
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2008
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issue 7
109-123
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The paper addresses the 'distal/proximal' debate between Donald Davidson and W. V. O. Quine on the nature of meaning and knowledge. It is argued that Davidson's misgivings, though interesting, are not devastating for Quine's version of empiricism, which is not readily translatable into traditional philosophical categories.
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TWO APPROACHES TO EVENT ONTOLOGY

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Zelenak E.
Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
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2009
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vol. 16
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issue 3
283-303
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In the paper, the author distinguishes between the semantic and the 'direct' approach to event ontology. The first approach, employed by D. Davidson, starts with logical analysis of natural language. This analysis uncovers quantification over the domain of events. Thus, we have ontological commitment to events and, at the same time, also a suggestion of how to view their nature. The second approach, used by J. Kim and D. Lewis, deals with events 'directly', i.e. not by analyzing language first. Events are postulated because they are useful in other theories (of causation, explanation, etc.) and their nature is adjusted to the needs of these theories. In the paper, the author analyzes both approaches and outlines their problems and advantages. He concludes that we should conditionally prefer the latter approach on the methodological grounds. This preference is based on the assumption that submitting hypotheses to the tests seems to be a crucial part of metaphysical methodology. Since the 'direct' approach to event ontology allows for more testing, it should be preferred over the semantic approach.
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CAUSALITY, TRUTH AND REALITY

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Taliga M.
Organon F. medzinárodný časopis pre analytickú filozofiu
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2010
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vol. 17
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issue 4
488-507
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The paper tries to analyze critically what is usually taken for granted - the causal relation between empirical knowledge about external world and the world which is (supposedly) known. The aim is neither to propose a new definition of knowledge nor to restate an old one but rather to take a closer look at the claim that knowledge is a true belief caused in a proper way by facts, events, etc. of the external world. This claim is a core of the epistemological approach usually labelled as a 'causal theory of knowledge', but there are many causal theories distinct from each other. The paper therefore sketches the causal components of D. Davidson's epistemology and the roles they play in the process of cognizing, first. Then it exposes more details of Davidson's approach and pushes some of them further critically.
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