Abstract

AVILA CANAMARES, Ignacio. Representation, Empiricism and Triangulation Commentary on conocer sin representar. El realismo epistemológico de Donald Davidson by William Duica. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2016, vol.65, n.161, pp.315-329. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v65n161.57440.

In this short comment I discuss some aspects of William Duica's interpretation of Davidson's epistemology in a recent book. After a brief review of the book, I focus on three central issues of Duica's interpretation. First, I argue that his reading of Davidson's criticism of the scheme/content dualism is too restrictive and leaves open the possibility of an empiricist direct realism. Second, I argue in his reading Duica inadvertently commits himself to an empiricism of this sort and, as a result, his interpretation is in tension with Davidson's own coherentism. Finally, I discuss some aspects of Duica's interpretation of Davidsonian triangulation.

Keywords : D. Davidson; W. Duica; coherentism; empiricism; epistemology.

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