From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back
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Data de Publicação: | 2003 |
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Resumo: | Both Quine and Davidson put forth programs of empirical semantics satisfy-ing the conditions that characterize the so-called “standpoint of interpreta-tion.” Quine’s less ambitious program of radical translation rests upon two buttresses: causality and empathy. Davidson’s more ambitious program of radical interpretation replaces causality with truth and empathy with ration-ality. Although the replacement of causality with intersubjective truth seems to me to be a fully justified move, I nevertheless contend that it is more real-istic to develop the work of interpretation drawing upon Quine’s less ambi-tious requirement of empathy than upon Davidson’s view of human agency as rational agency. In order to substantiate this contention, I present an ar-gument to the effect that Davidson’s characterization of human agency as rational is not compatible with his other requirement that truth should pro-vide the essential link connecting speech with environment and action. |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and BackBayesian decision theory, empathy, empirical semantics, radical interpretation, radical translation, truth, rationalityBoth Quine and Davidson put forth programs of empirical semantics satisfy-ing the conditions that characterize the so-called “standpoint of interpreta-tion.” Quine’s less ambitious program of radical translation rests upon two buttresses: causality and empathy. Davidson’s more ambitious program of radical interpretation replaces causality with truth and empathy with ration-ality. Although the replacement of causality with intersubjective truth seems to me to be a fully justified move, I nevertheless contend that it is more real-istic to develop the work of interpretation drawing upon Quine’s less ambi-tious requirement of empathy than upon Davidson’s view of human agency as rational agency. In order to substantiate this contention, I present an ar-gument to the effect that Davidson’s characterization of human agency as rational is not compatible with his other requirement that truth should pro-vide the essential link connecting speech with environment and action.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaZilhão, António2020-07-24T11:24:46Z20032003-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/44136engZilhão, A. 2003: “From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back”. In Principia, vol. 7, nº 1-2, pp. 229-249.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:44:50Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/44136Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:56:44.338918Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back Zilhão, António Bayesian decision theory, empathy, empirical semantics, radical interpretation, radical translation, truth, rationality |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back |
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From Radical Translation to Radical Interpretation and Back |
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Zilhão, António |
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Zilhão, António |
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Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa |
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Zilhão, António |
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Bayesian decision theory, empathy, empirical semantics, radical interpretation, radical translation, truth, rationality |
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Bayesian decision theory, empathy, empirical semantics, radical interpretation, radical translation, truth, rationality |
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Both Quine and Davidson put forth programs of empirical semantics satisfy-ing the conditions that characterize the so-called “standpoint of interpreta-tion.” Quine’s less ambitious program of radical translation rests upon two buttresses: causality and empathy. Davidson’s more ambitious program of radical interpretation replaces causality with truth and empathy with ration-ality. Although the replacement of causality with intersubjective truth seems to me to be a fully justified move, I nevertheless contend that it is more real-istic to develop the work of interpretation drawing upon Quine’s less ambi-tious requirement of empathy than upon Davidson’s view of human agency as rational agency. In order to substantiate this contention, I present an ar-gument to the effect that Davidson’s characterization of human agency as rational is not compatible with his other requirement that truth should pro-vide the essential link connecting speech with environment and action. |
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