3. The Myth of the Subjective

Author: Davidson, Donald

Source: Subjective, Intersubjective, Objective, September 2001 , pp. 39-53(15)

Publisher: Oxford Scholarship Online Monographs

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Abstract:

This chapter is a direct attack on the idea of a subjective–objective dichotomy resulting in a fundamental distinction between uninterpreted experience and an organizing structure of concepts. Consequently, Davidson attacks the foundation of all metaphysical and epistemological dualisms and the philosophical stances based upon them. He attempts to make a case for their replacement by a view that combines the denial of objects before the mind with the claim that empirical knowledge does not and need not have an epistemological foundation.

Keywords: metaphysical and epistemological dualisms; epistemological foundation; subjective–objective dichotomy; empirical knowledge; concepts

Document Type: Research article

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