Wittgenstein and Davidson on Language, Thought, and Action WittgensteinandDavidsonaretwoofthemostinfluentialandcontroversial figures of twentieth-century philosophy. However, whereas Wittgenstein is often regarded as a deflationary philosopher, Davidson is considered to be a theory builder and systematic philosopher par excellence. Consequently, littleworkhasbeendevotedtocomparingtheirphilosophieswitheachother. Inthisvolumeofnewessays,leadingscholarsshowthatinfactthereismuch thatthetwoshare.ByfocusingonthesimilaritiesbetweenWittgensteinand Davidson, their essays present compelling defences of their views and develop more coherent and convincing approaches than either philosopher wasabletoproposeonhisown.Theyshowhowphilosophicallyfruitfuland constructive reflection on Wittgenstein and Davidson continues to be, and how relevant the writings of both philosophers are to current debates in philosophyofmind,language,andaction. claudine verheggen is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at YorkUniversityinToronto.Shehaspublishednumerousarticlesonissuesin mindandlanguage,andsheisco-authorofDonaldDavidson’sTriangulation Argument:APhilosophicalInquiry(2016). Wittgenstein and Davidson on Language, Thought, and Action Editedby Claudine Verheggen YorkUniversity,Toronto UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 4843/24,2ndFloor,AnsariRoad,Daryaganj,Delhi–110002,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107093768 DOI:10.1017/9781316145364 ©CambridgeUniversityPress2017 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2017 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyClays,StIvesplc AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Names:Verheggen,Claudine,editor. Title:WittgensteinandDavidsononlanguage,thought,andaction/editedby ClaudineVerheggen,YorkUniversity,Toronto. Description:NewYork:CambridgeUniversityPress,2017. Identifiers:LCCN2017028185|ISBN9781107093768 Subjects:LCSH:Wittgenstein,Ludwig,1889–1951.|Davidson,Donald, 1917–2003.|Languageandlanguages–Philosophy.|Thoughtand thinking.|Act(Philosophy) Classification:LCCB3376.W564W5213452017|DDC192–dc23 LCrecordavailableathttps://lccn.loc.gov/2017028185 ISBN978-1-107-09376-8Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyof URLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. In memory of Sue Larson Contents ListofContributors pageix Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 claudine verheggen 1 HolisminAction 8 robert h. myers 2 Davidson’sWittgensteinianViewofMeaning 28 paul horwich 3 DavidsonandWittgenstein AHomericStruggle? 46 a˚sa wikforss 4 Rule-FollowingandCharity WittgensteinandDavidsononMeaningDetermination 69 kathrin glu¨er 5 Davidson’sTreatmentofWittgenstein’sRule-FollowingParadox 97 claudine verheggen 6 DavidsonandWittgensteinonMeaningandUnderstanding 123 barry stroud 7 TheSearchfor“TheEssenceofHumanLanguage”in WittgensteinandDavidson 139 jason bridges 8 WittgensteinandDavidsononAnimalMinds 159 hans-johann glock 9 WittgensteinandDavidsononFirst-PersonAuthorityandthe UnivocalityofMentalTerms 186 william child vii viii Contents 10 TheHarmonyofThoughtandReality WittgensteinandDavidsonvsMcDowell 205 tim thornton 11 Davidson,Russell,andWittgensteinontheProblemof Predication 226 jose´ l. zalabardo Index 250 Contributors JasonBridgesUniversityofChicago WilliamChildUniversityofOxford Hans-JohannGlockUniversityofZürich KathrinGlüerStockholmUniversity PaulHorwichNewYorkUniversity RobertH.MyersYorkUniversity,Toronto BarryStroudUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley TimThorntonUniversityofCentralLancashire ClaudineVerheggenYorkUniversity,Toronto ÅsaWikforssStockholmUniversity JoséL.ZalabardoUniversityCollegeLondon ix