"There is no such thing as a language, not if a language is anything like what many philosophers and linguists have supposed."
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About Donald Davidson
Donald Davidson (1917-2003) was an influential American philosopher known for his work in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. He taught at various universities and made significant contributions to analytical philosophy, particularly in the areas of radical interpretation and the theory of meaning. His theories on language, interpretation, and rationality have had a lasting impact on contemporary philosophy.
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