Donald Davidson: Philosophy of Language Donald Davidson (1917-2003) was one of the most influential analytic philosophers of language during the second half of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century. An attraction of Davidson’s philosophy of language is the set of conceptual connections he draws between traditional questions about language and issues that arise in other fields of philosophy, including especially

Informazioni sull'IEP L'Enciclopedia Internet della Filosofia (PEI) (ISSN 2161-0002) was founded in 1995 to provide open access to detailed, erudito, Informazioni peer-reviewed su argomenti chiave e filosofi in tutte le aree della filosofia. L'Enciclopedia non riceve finanziamenti, e opera attraverso il lavoro volontario della redazione, Autori, Volontari, e consulenti tecnici. The Encyclopedia is free of charge and available to all users

Wittgenstein: Epistemologia Sebbene Ludwig Wittgenstein sia generalmente più conosciuto per i suoi lavori sulla logica e sulla natura del linguaggio, ma nel corso del suo percorso filosofico riflette ampiamente anche su nozioni epistemiche come quella della conoscenza, credenza, dubbio, e certezza. Questo interesse è più evidente nel suo taccuino finale, pubblicato postumo come Sulla certezza (1969, d'ora in poi OC), dove offre una sostenuta e, almeno apparentemente,

Mental Causation The term “mental causation” applies to causal transactions involving mental events or states, such as beliefs, desideri, feelings, and perceptions. Tipicamente, the term is used to refer to cases where a mental state causes a physical reaction: per esempio, the mental state of perceiving a Frisbee flying your way can cause the physical event of your springing up to catch it. It should

Charles Sanders Peirce: Pragmatism Pragmatism is a principle of inquiry and an account of meaning first proposed by C. S. Peirce in the 1870s. The crux of Peirce’s pragmatism is that for any statement to be meaningful, it must have practical bearings. Peirce saw the pragmatic account of meaning as a method for clearing up metaphysics and aiding scientific inquiry. This has led many to