Episode 191: Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson & Rudolf Carnap (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

• Episode: Episode 191: Conceptual Schemes: Donald Davidson & Rudolf Carnap (Part One)
• Website: The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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• Duration: 00:56:11
• Published: 2018-05-28 17:36

On Davidson's "On the Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme" (1974) and Carnap's "Empiricism, Semantics and Ontology" (1950).

What does it mean to say that we grasp the world through a conceptual scheme? Are schemes different between cultures or even individuals, such that we can't really understand each other? Davidson thinks that this doesn't make sense.

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