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In Defence of a Dogma: Davidson, Languages, and Conceptual Schemes
Author(s) -
Nevo Isaac
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
ratio
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-9329
pISSN - 0034-0006
DOI - 10.1111/j.0034-0006.2004.00256.x
Subject(s) - equivocation , epistemology , argument (complex analysis) , philosophy , cognitive science , sociology , psychology , chemistry , biochemistry
In this paper I draw on Davidson's work to generate counter examples to his claim that since there are no untranslatable languages there are also no alternative conceptual schemes. I argue that Davidson's argument to that effect is based upon an equivocation.