O nieuchwytności odniesienia przedmiotowego w Donalda Davidsona teorii znaczenia
Inscrutability of Reference in Donald Davidson's Theory of Meaning

Summary/Abstract: The paper is devoted to the problem of inscrutability of reference which seems is to be a consequence of Donald Davidson's theory of meaning. In the first section I describe his theory of meaning and explain the problem of the inscrutability of reference. In the remaining sections I recount several attempts to avoid the consequence of inscrutability. I argue that all strategies fail in their attempts to dispose of the problem of inscrutability. Finally, I argue that the thesis of the inscrutability of reference is not as radical as it seems, and that it is not too difficult to reconcile it with our common sense intuitions.

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