Glüer II 28
Interpretation Theory/Glüer: must not assume that their theorems were derived with the help of a translation (circle). Therefore:
DavidsonVsTarski: presupposing truth to explain meaning.
Glüer II 29/30
Def interpretative/Glüer: a theory is interpretative if all theory equivalences are to be obtained from the schema T are true. Because truth conditions are given in the recursion to the structure of the sentences. Meaning holism: a sentence only has meaning in the context of the language.
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Meaning holism.
Thus the problem is "Snow is white iff grass is green is excluded, because such a theory could not imply at the same time a true T-equivalence for the sentences "This is white" or "That is snow".
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Meaning Holism.
Glüer II 117/8
Interpretation/action/explanation/Davidson/Glüer: an action is only interpretable if it can be described as part of a rational structure - this also applies to speech action - therefore, actions are linked to propositional attitudes - each action is an interpreted action.
N.B.: therefore it is no empirical question whether an acting person is rational. - ((s) Because it is presupposed).
An event that cannot be described in the language of the propositional attitudes is not an action - (because it is not interpretable).
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Frank I 645
Mental states/proposition/self-attribution/external-ascription/Davidson: we have to start from sentences or utterances instead of propositions or meanings - otherwise, different types of sources are suggested.
Instead: relationships between actors and utterances.
There is no different knowledge and no different criteria.
Solution : If someone knows that I think of a sentence as correct, he knows what I believe - it would be circular to explain the basic asymmetry by an asymmetry of certainty.
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Interpretation.
I 648
Interpretation/mental states/external-ascription/Davidson: also the speaker can problematize his sentences. - He can also be wrong about the meaning of his words. - He also needs the Tarski-theory.
Asymmetry: the listener/interpreter cannot be sure that the Tarski-theory is the best method for external attribution.
The best thing the speaker can do is to be interpretable.
Donald Davidson (1984a): First Person Authority, in: Dialectica38 (1984),
101-111
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Graeser I 167
Interpretation/Davidson: utterances are verifiable, without the individual propositional attitudes of the speakers being known.
Radical interpretation: equality of meaning cannot be assumed, otherwise there is circularity.
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Truth conditions/Davidson.
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Davidson V 139
Truth/Interpretation/Davidson: the contrast between truth and falsity can only occur in the context of interpretation.