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Preference Logic and Radical Interpretation: Kanger meets Davidson

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Author

Editor

  • Peter Gärdenfors
  • J Wolenski
  • K Kijania-Placek

Summary, in English

This paper traces the intellectual effects of an encounter between Stig Kanger and Donald Davidson -two very different philosophers working in two seemingly unconnected areas. Their meeting in Oslo 1979 led the latter to improve his influential theory of radical interpretation and gave the former an inspiration for a rather striking paradox in preference logic. But, as we show, the paradox can be dis-solved and the radical interpretation continues to confront serious difficulties. Simultaneous elicitation of a speaker’s meaning, beliefs and desires merely from his attitudes to sentences in the language he uses is a very ambitious project, but its theoretic viability is strongly questionable.

Publishing year

2002

Language

English

Pages

213-233

Publication/Series

In the Scope of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science

Volume

2

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Philosophy

Conference name

11th International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science

Conference date

0001-01-02

Conference place

Krakow, Poland

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-1-4020-0930-3