Metafizyka zdarzeń Donalda Davidsona
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Donald Davidson (1917–2002) is mainly known as a philosopher of language who based his
theory of meaning on Tarski's definition of truth. His theory without meanings as entities is the
core of a subtle and sophisticated philosophical system that resembles very complicated puzzles. If
isolated every part of his system seems arbitrary and not justified. It concerns particularly his
metaphysics of events which justification can be found in Davidson's views on language,
cognition and psychology. Davidson himself usually applies the term "ontology" but in fact makes
some metaphysical presuppositions. These presuppositions do not constitute metaphysical system
but rather are used to explain the phenomenon of linguistic communication. The main categories
of Davidsonian metaphysic: event, object and causal relation, are irreducible and can be described
in various ways. In the paper I reconstruct Davidson's way from his philosophy of language to his
metaphysic. I also indicate some consequences of his metaphysical views for his philosophy of
science and psychology.
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