Donald Davidson Quotes on Knowledge
Donald Davidson was an American philosopher whose work in the philosophy of action, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind shaped late twentieth-century analytic thought. This page collects quotes attributed to Donald Davidson on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Donald Davidson:
“There is no such thing as a language, not if a language is anything like what many philosophers and linguists have supposed.”
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Attributed to Donald Davidson:
“Belief is by nature veridical.”
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Attributed to Donald Davidson:
“Without thought there is no language; without language there is no thought.”
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Attributed to Donald Davidson:
“Charity is forced upon us; whether we like it or not, if we want to understand others, we must count them right in most matters.”