Donald Davidson on Action, Mind and Value

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Objects and Events in Davidson

   • Jennifer Hornsby

   Pages 1-17

3. Davidson’s Meta-normative Naturalism and the Rationality Requirement

   • Robert H. Myers

   Pages 19-36

4. Acting Against Your Better Judgement

   • Rowland Stout

   Pages 37-53

5. A Davidsonian Theory of Evaluative Judgment

   • Ya-Ting Chang

   Pages 55-75

6. Davidson on Emotions and Values

   • Pascal Engel

   Pages 77-92

7. Pleasure Makes Pro-attitudes

   • Jeremias Koh, Neil Sinhababu

   Pages 93-105

8. On the Distinctive Value of Knowledge

   • Kok Yong Lee

   Pages 107-127

9. The Continuity of Davidson’s Thought: Non-reductionism Without Quietism

   • Claudine Verheggen

   Pages 129-144

10. Methodological Considerations in the Triangulation Argument

    • Wai Chun Leong

    Pages 145-169

11. Meaning, Evidence, and Objectivity

    • Olivia Sultanescu

    Pages 171-184

12. Davidson’s Triangulation Argument in the Logic of Actions

    • Syraya Chin-Mu Yang

    Pages 185-209

This book brings together a wide range of innovative reflections on the pivotal role that Davidson’s concept of agency plays in his later philosophy and its impact on his epistemology, his philosophy of language and mind, and his philosophy of values.  The authors critically assess central elements of Davidson’s program and offer reappraisals of his seminal contributions to, and his continuing influence on, the development of contemporary philosophy. By focusing on agency, the book reveals Davidson’s views to have been more dynamic and less reductive than previously acknowledged – pointing toward important new possibilities not only in the theory of knowledge, but also in the philosophy of mind.


It is a valuable resource both for experts on Davidson’s philosophy and for those interested in central topics in the theory of action, the philosophy of mind and language, epistemology, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of values. It is also of interest toresearchers in adjoining disciplines, such as cognitive science, linguistics, and psychology. 

• Donald Davidson
• Theory of Action
• Mind and Agency
• Evaluative Judgment
• Non-Reductive Naturalism
• Triangulation Argument
• Objectivity of Thought/Meaning
• Logic of Action

• National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

  Syraya Chin-Mu Yang

• York University, Toronto, Canada

  Robert H. Myers

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