Language Learning in Wittgenstein and Davidson

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    Abstract

    In this paper, I discuss language learning in Wittgenstein and Davidson. Starting from a remark by Bakhurst, I hold that both Wittgenstein and Davidson’s philosophies of language contain responses to the problem of language learning, albeit of a different form. Following Williams, I hold that the concept of language learning can explain Wittgenstein’s approach to the normativity of meaning in the Philosophical Investigations. Turning to Davidson, I hold that language learning can, equally, explain Davidson’s theory of triangulation. I sketch an account of triangulation as Davidson’s response to the problem of the normativity of meaning and explain the role that language learning plays in this account
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)413-431
    Number of pages19
    JournalStudies in Philosophy and Education
    Volume33
    Issue number4
    Early online date24 Nov 2013
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2014

    Keywords

    • Wittgenstein
    • Davidson
    • Triangulation
    • Normativity
    • Language learning

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