Multimedia Collection
The Quine Discussion
(In Conversation: Donald Davidson series)
DVD
76 min
1997
B816 .Q5 2006 DVD
In this session, Donald Davidson talks philosophy with his teacher and longstanding friend, W.V. Quine (Harvard University). The discussion focuses on two broad areas of philosophy: empiricism (in which Quine is mainly interviewed by Davidson), and truth (where Quine conducts the questioning). In these important discussions, major differences between these two highly influential philosophers are highlighted, and some of their differences are brought to an apparent resolution. Among the questions raised are: whether Quine is committed to a 'third dogma of Empiricism'; the relative importance of distal versus proximal stimuli in empiricism; and the character of the notion of truth, including the extent to which its content is given by disquotation. The section of the discussion which culminates with Davidson's comment: 'We're in agreement. It only took fifty years!' will be of great interest to Quine scholars.
Distributed by Philosophy International (www.lse.ac.uk/pi).
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