http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/31/donald-davidson-is-dead/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Thu, 24 May 2012 07:13:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/31/donald-davidson-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2833 Isar Logi Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:04:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=199#comment-2833 Cattle die kinsmen die all men are mortal. Words of praise will never perish nor a noble name. The Icelandic (original text): "Deyr fé, deyja frændur, deyr sjálfur ið sama. En orðstír deyr aldregi hveim er sér góðan getur." Cattle die kinsmen die all men are mortal. Words of praise will never perish nor a noble name. The Icelandic (original text): “Deyr fé, deyja frændur, deyr sjálfur ið sama. En orðstír deyr aldregi hveim er sér góðan getur.”

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/31/donald-davidson-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2832 Andre Abath Tue, 02 Sep 2003 11:48:37 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=199#comment-2832 When I first thought of pursuing a philosophical career, I had just one thing in mind: study the work of Davidson. It was systematic and challenging in a way that always astonished me. Life took me to other philosophical landscapes, but it’s to Davidson that I return almost every day; it feels like coming home. Recently, I had the chance to discuss some of my ideas with him. The kind way he answered me is something I will never forget. In this sad day, I hope I live long enough to introduce the great ideas of this great man to future generations. When I first thought of pursuing a philosophical career, I had just one thing in mind: study the work of Davidson. It was systematic and challenging in a way that always astonished me. Life took me to other philosophical landscapes, but it’s to Davidson that I return almost every day; it feels like coming home. Recently, I had the chance to discuss some of my ideas with him. The kind way he answered me is something I will never forget. In this sad day, I hope I live long enough to introduce the great ideas of this great man to future generations.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2003/08/31/donald-davidson-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-2831 Dai Heide Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:23:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=199#comment-2831 It is a dark day for this grad student, indeed for the whole philosophical world, as news of Donald Davidson's death reaches our computer screens. I give Davidson a great deal of credit for introducing me to philosophy, for setting me on my current course; doubtless, I am not alone. I have just read his short intellectual autbiography in the volume of "The Library of Living Philosophers" devoted to him. Tonight, I shed a tear for that great man. It is a dark day for this grad student, indeed for the whole philosophical world, as news of Donald Davidson’s death reaches our computer screens. I give Davidson a great deal of credit for introducing me to philosophy, for setting me on my current course; doubtless, I am not alone. I have just read his short intellectual autbiography in the volume of “The Library of Living Philosophers” devoted to him. Tonight, I shed a tear for that great man.

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