Interpretations and Causes: New Perspectives on Donald Davidson's Philosophy

Preface. Davidson in Focus; M. de Caro. Interpretation: Hard in Theory, Easy in Practice; D. Davidson. Part I: Language, Metaphysics, and Mind. Davidson and Understanding Language; E. Lepore. Radical Interpretation, Logic, and Conceptual Schemes; N. Tennant. Donald Davidson's Freedom; T.A. Warfield. Physicalism and the Anomalism of the Mental; S. Nannini. Anomalous Monism; P. Leonardi. Thirty-five Years after `Actions, Reasons, and Causes': What Has Become of Davidson's Causal Theory of Action? A. Rainone. Davidson on Rationality and Irrationality; S. Gozzano. Part II: Externalism. `Cred'io che'ei credette chi'io credesse...'. What basis for belief? R. Egidi. First Person Authority and Memory; P. Ludlow. Sensory Evidence and Shared Interests; E. Picardi. Owning One's Mind; M. Cavell. Is There a Problem about Davidson's Externalism vis-a-vis His Holism? R. de Rosa. Internalism and Scepticism; A. Bilgrami. Notes on Contributors. Index of Names. Index of Subjects.