Rorty and Davidson in Conversation

May 3, 2008

Posted in Davidson, Rorty, Video |

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Thanks, that was a pleasant way to spend an hour.

I’m curious what the “serious journal articles” Davidson mentions at ~25:00 are — the ones that say “Here’s two clearly inconsistent things; both are true and that is fine, because who believes in truth anymore!” — I’ve never actually encountered someone seriously defending that silly sort of talk.

The bit about Brandom at ~47:00 was interesting. I remember reading a really terrible book review (I think it was by Lepore) that criticized Rorty for trying to reconcile Brandom and Tarskians like Davidson, since “inferentialism” and “Tarskianism” were supposed to be opponents.

That’s an awful lot of philosophers listed as “in conversation with Davidson” at the end there! Have any of the other videos surfaced online?
by Daniel May 4, 2008 at 5:52 am

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I’m not sure whether they’re in video form online but I’ve got audio versions of the Dummett-Davidson and McDowell-Davidson ones. If you can’t get hold of them, I’m happy to e-mail you them.
by Tom (Grundlegung) May 4, 2008 at 6:09 am

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That looks really interesting, thanks for pointing it out.
by Tom May 4, 2008 at 4:21 pm

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by Rorty and Davidson « Snow is white May 4, 2008 at 6:43 pm

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I have the Dummett-Davidson and McDowell-Davidson audio interviews, but thanks. Interestingly, the sandbox page seems to have disappeared. Hopefully I didn’t miss anything they had up there.
by Daniel May 4, 2008 at 7:29 pm

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A question: I may have missed it on your page, but what was the date of this conversation?
by kvond May 24, 2008 at 2:39 pm

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The video was ‘published’ in 1997, though I’m not sure of the exact date when it was recorded.
by Tom (Grundlegung) May 24, 2008 at 7:17 pm

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[...] See and hear this 1997 conversation between philosophical fellow travelers Richard Rorty and Donald Davidson which ends, posted by Gundlegung: [...]
by Rorty and Davidson Talk « Frames /sing May 25, 2008 at 1:36 am

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by Rorty and Davidson in Conversation « The Middle East Interest July 3, 2008 at 3:38 pm

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[...] nog wel gelden binnen zijn eigen argumentatie. Ik was dan ook ronduit verbaasd om de volgende conversatie tussen Davidson en Rorty te zien, waarin Davidson juist zulke kritiek op Rorty tegenspreekt en Rorty prijst om de creatieve [...]
by Filosofieblog » Denken in beeld February 5, 2009 at 10:19 pm

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