Single Idea 18703

[catalogued under 19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity]

Full Idea

Davidson's Cogito has the form 'I think, therefore I am generally right'.

Gist of Idea

Davidson's Cogito: 'I think, therefore I am generally right'

Source

report of Donald Davidson (Coherence Theory of Truth and Knowledge [1983], 16.6) by Tim Button - The Limits of Reason

Book Reference

Button,Tim: 'The Limits of Realism' [OUP 2013], p.171


A Reaction

On the whole I would subscribe to this Cogito (as Button calls it), from an evolutionary perspective. There would just be no point in thought if it wasn't generally right in everyday activity.