On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme
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"On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme" is a highly influential 1974 philosophical essay by Donald Davidson that critiques the distinction between conceptual schemes and empirical content, challenging forms of relativism in the philosophy of language and mind.
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| On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
academic article
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philosophical essay ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst |
conceptual relativism
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the dualism of scheme and empirical content ⓘ the possibility of untranslatable languages ⓘ |
| author | Donald Davidson ⓘ |
| centralThesis |
relativism based on conceptual schemes is misguided
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the idea of radically different, untranslatable conceptual schemes is untenable ⓘ the scheme-content distinction is incoherent ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
conceptual relativism
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scheme-content dualism ⓘ the idea of untranslatable conceptual schemes ⓘ the third dogma of empiricism ⓘ |
| describedAs | highly influential ⓘ |
| discusses |
the nature of interpretation across cultures
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the possibility of conceptual incommensurability ⓘ the relation between language and world ⓘ |
| field |
analytic philosophy
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epistemology ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| genre | philosophical critique ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary analytic philosophy
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debates about relativism ⓘ philosophy of interpretation ⓘ theories of meaning ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Immanuel Kant
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Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ
surface form:
W. V. O. Quine
Willard Van Orman Quine ⓘ logical empiricism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
conceptual schemes
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incommensurability ⓘ interpretation ⓘ meaning ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ relativism ⓘ scheme-content distinction ⓘ translation ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Anglo-American philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1974 ⓘ |
| publishedInDecade | 1970s ⓘ |
| supports |
a unified conception of truth
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the principle of charity in interpretation ⓘ |
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