The Rorty Discussion with Donald Davidson - Part 6 of 6

thank you so much for these videos... truly enlightening. It's especially unique to see an "interview" (better termed "discussion" as is the title of the video) where both parties can stand their ground while retaining an open curiosity towards the other's point of view, and to the "truth" pragmatically defined as something to be sought, found and refined in neverending dialogue.

This shows that Davidsons was far more open-minded than most analytic philosophers. Most of them have no idea of what Rorty was on about and just dismiss his views without understanding them.

Soon after the beginning of the first part of this video I made a wager with myself: Will Davidson EVER make a move with his left leg or right arm?

Here, somewhere in the middle of the last installment, I seem to have lost this wager on the arm part, but the leg still rests firmly in place ...

The whole conversation captures the flavour of Davidson's and Rorty's thinking quite well.

Excellent video. Thanks. I was a bit overwhelmed after reading radical interpretation but this video has clarified a lot of what I've read so far on Davidson.

Glad it was helpful.

props for this one...

Cheers.