PHI 3398 Lecture 6: Lecture 6 - Davidson on The Myth
4 Dec 2013
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We organize the world in terms of space and time. Categories of human beings; language, human appearance, etc. The idea according to which these schemes may vary. If someone has different categories, we will not understand their view. Even if you believe in different conceptual schemes, you still believe in space and time. Ex: abortion i believe x, you believe y. The very fact that we can debate over such topics proves that we share the same conceptual scheme. On one side content", on the other concepts. Experience is located between the subject and the world. Davidson puts forward the idea according to which: We can"t make sense of conceptual relativism. In order to do that, he will defend the following thesis: We have to abandon the scheme / content distinction. Time is a category not relative (according to philie) Revolution in conceptual scheme: the world changes. The concept of meaning is fundamental here.
