Idiolect and context
In L. E. Hahn (ed.), Library of Living Philosphers: the Philosophy of Michael Dummett. Open Court (2007)
| Abstract | In this paper I will compare some of Dummett and Davidson’s claims on the problem of communication and idiolects: how can we understand each other if we use different idiolects? First I define the problem, giving the alternative theses of (I) the priority of language over idiolects and (II) the priority of idiolects over language. I then present Dummett's claims supporting (I) and Davidson's claims supporting (II). | |||||||||
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