September 19, 2003

Scruton on Davidson

Posted by Chris

Roger Scruton has a piece on Donald Davidson’s importance in the latest Spectator .

UPDATE: Scruton’s piece is sort of OK, but I wouldn’t have bothered linking had I come across this fascinating interview of Davidson by Ernest LePore first (via Brian Leiter’s site).

Posted on September 19, 2003 01:55 PM UTC
Comments

Gosh, and he doesn’t even say whether or not Davidson smoked.

Posted by Curtiss Leung · September 19, 2003 07:35 PM

Wow - respect to the Spectator.

That’s the most unapologetically full-on bit of analytical philosophy I’ve ever seen in a UK publication which isn’t actually a professional journal.

I just hope nobody turns to Scruton’s column by mistake in the expectation of finding some of the usual drool by Mark Steyn.

Posted by Tom Runnacles · September 19, 2003 10:04 PM

More seriously, that LePore interview’s marvellous. Good catch, Chris.

Posted by Tom Runnacles · September 19, 2003 10:11 PM
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