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<p>Notes on Contributors ix</p> <p>Introduction: Life and Work 1<br /> <i>Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig</i></p> <p><b>Part I Action Theory 13</b></p> <p>1 Action Explanation 15<br /> <i>Ralf Stoecker</i></p> <p>2 Practical Reason 32<br /> <i>Agnes Callard</i></p> <p>3 Action Individuation 48<br /> <i>Hugh J. McCann</i></p> <p>4 Freedom to Act 62<br /> <i>Olav Gjelsvik</i></p> <p>5 Intention 75<br /> <i>Luca Ferrero</i></p> <p><b>Part II Metaphysics 91</b></p> <p>6 Event Variables and Their Values 93<br /> <i>Paul M. Pietroski</i></p> <p>7 Causation 126<br /> <i>John Heil</i></p> <p>8 Davidson’s “Method of Truth” in Metaphysics 141<br /> <i>William G. Lycan</i></p> <p>9 The Concept of Truth 156<br /> <i>Michael Glanzberg</i></p> <p><b>Part III Philosophy of Language 173</b></p> <p>10 Truth in the Theory of Meaning 175<br /> <i>Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig</i></p> <p>11 Parataxis 191<br /> <i>Adam Sennet</i></p> <p>12 Logical Form 208<br /> <i>Miguel Hoeltje</i></p> <p>13 Radical Interpretation and the Principle of Charity 225<br /> <i>Peter Pagin</i></p> <p>14 Davidson’s Measurement-Theoretic Analogy 247<br /> <i>Piers Rawling</i></p> <p>15 Reference 264<br /> <i>J. Robert G. Williams</i></p> <p>16 Language and Thought 287<br /> <i>A.P. Martinich</i></p> <p>17 Conceptual Schemes 300<br /> <i>David Henderson</i></p> <p>18 Interpretation and Value 314<br /> <i>Robert H. Myers</i></p> <p>19 Predication 328<br /> <i>Jeff Speaks</i></p> <p>20 Convention and Meaning 339<br /> <i>Kathrin Glüer</i></p> <p>21 Metaphor and Varieties of Meaning 361<br /> <i>Elisabeth Camp</i></p> <p>22 Davidson and Literary Theory 379<br /> <i>Samuel C. Wheeler III</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Philosophy of Mind 393</b></p> <p>23 The Larger Philosophical Signifi cance of Holism 395<br /> <i>Carol Rovane</i></p> <p>24 Anomalous Monism 410<br /> <i>Brian P. McLaughlin</i></p> <p>25 Triangular Externalism 443<br /> <i>Sven Bernecker</i></p> <p>26 Triangulation 456<br /> <i>Claudine Verheggen</i></p> <p>27 Rationality as a Constitutive Ideal 472<br /> <i>Michael Rescorla</i></p> <p>28 Irrationality 489<br /> <i>Sarah Stroud</i></p> <p>29 The Rationality of the Emotions 506<br /> <i>Mitchell Green</i></p> <p><b>Part V Epistemology 519</b></p> <p>30 Davidson and Radical Skepticism 521<br /> <i>Duncan Pritchard</i></p> <p>31 First-Person Authority 533<br /> <i>William Child</i></p> <p>32 Knowledge of Other Minds in Davidson’s Philosophy 550<br /> <i>Anita Avramides</i></p> <p><b>Part VI Influences and Influence 565</b><br /> <br /> 33 Quine and Davidson 567<br /> <i>Hans-Johann Glock</i></p> <p>34 Davidson and Contemporary Philosophy 588<br /> <i>Pascal Engel</i></p> <p>Name Index 605</p> <p>General Index 609</p>

<p><b>Ernie Lepore</b> is an American philosopher and cognitive scientist. He is currently Acting Director of the Rutgers Center for Cognitive Science, and a professor at Rutgers University. He is the co-author with Herman Cappelen of <i>Insensitive Semantics</i> (Blackwell, 2004) and <i>Language Turned On Itself</i> (2007) and co-author with Kirk Ludwig of <i>Donald Davidson:</i> Meaning, Truth, Language and Reality (2005) and <i>Donald Davidson’s Truth-theoretic Semantics</i> (2007). He is editor of the <i>Handbook of Philosophy of Language</i> (with B. Smith, 2006) and general editor of the Blackwell series <i>Philosophers and Their Critics.</i></p> <p><b>Kirk Ludwig</b> is Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University, Bloomington. He earned his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, under the direction of Donald Davidson. He is the editor of the volume on <i>Donald Davidson</i> (2003) in the Cambridge Contemporary Philosophy in Focus series, and he is co-author with Ernie Lepore (Rutgers) of <i>Donald Davidson: Meaning, Truth, Language and Reality</i> (2005) and <i>Donald</i> <i>Davidson’s Truth-theoretic Semantics </i>(2007).</p>

<p>Donald Davidson was one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the latter half of the 20th century. His contributions to the philosophy of language, the philosophy of action, ontology and metaphysics, the philosophy of mind, and epistemology continue to have enormous influence today. Yet despite a wide range of publications about or influenced by Davidson’s work, none – until now - presents a comprehensive overview of his work across its full thematic and temporal range.</p> <p><i>A Companion to Donald Davidson</i> provides a much-needed in-depth exposition and analysis of the full range of Davidson's contributions to philosophy through newly commissioned essays by leading figures in contemporary philosophy. The volume will be of great interest to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professional philosophers, who are seeking an overview and a critical discussion of Davidson’s work.</p>

<p>"This Companion to Davidson offers a cornucopia of new writings establishing the continuing relevance of Davidson's philosophical writings in action theory, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and epistemology."</p> <p>—Gilbert Harman, Princeton University</p>

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