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From the Myth of the Given to Radical Conceptual Diversity

(Original title: From the Myth of the Given to Radical Conceptual Diversity)
Edward, Terence Rajivan
Organon F, 2015, vol. 22, No 1, pp. 3-8.
Language: English
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Abstract

This paper evaluates the following argument, suggested in the writings of Donald Davidson: if there is such a thing as the given, then there can be alternative conceptual schemes; there cannot be alternative conceptual schemes; therefore there is no such thing as the given.

Keywords

Alternative conceptual schemes, Donald Davidson, given, myth of the given

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