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6399 | Criteria of translation give us the identity of conceptual schemes [Davidson] |
Full Idea: Studying the criteria of translation is a way of focusing on criteria of identity for conceptual schemes. | |
From: Donald Davidson (The Very Idea of a Conceptual Scheme [1974], p.184) | |
A reaction: This is why it was an inspired idea of Quine's to make translation a central topic in philosophy. We must be cautious, though, about saying that the language is the conceptual scheme, as that leaves animals with no scheme at all. |