One essay by this thinker uses the phrases "the snow is white" and "the grass is green" to determine the troubles in translating between a "theory-builder's" own language and an "alien" one.
One essay by this thinker uses the phrases "the snow is white" and "the grass is green" to determine the troubles in translating between a "theory-builder's" own language and an "alien" one. In addition to "Truth and Meaning," another work of this thinker makes its case by examining a quote from Mrs. Malaprop, and this thinker put forth a "theory of meaning" influenced by W.V.O Quine that would aim to discount any a priori knowledge when determining "linguistic behaviour of a speaker 'from scratch," including knowledge of the speaker's "beliefs." For 10 points, name this philosopher who stated that "there is no such thing as a language, not if a language is anything like what many philosophers and linguists have supposed" in "A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs" and who argued for radical interpretation.
One essay by this thinker uses the phrases "the snow is white" and "the grass is green" to determine the troubles in translating between a "theory-builder's" own language and an "alien" one.
Donald Davidson