From the Myth of the Given to Radical Conceptual Diversity
From the Myth of the Given to Radical Conceptual Diversity
Author(s): Terence Rajivan EdwardSubject(s): Epistemology, Logic, Analytic Philosophy
Published by: Filozofický ústav SAV
Keywords: Alternative conceptual schemes; Donald Davidson; given; myth of the given;
Summary/Abstract: 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.
Journal: Organon F
- Issue Year: 22/2015
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 3-8
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English