Donald Davidson's work has been of seminal importance in the development of analytic philosophy and his views on the nature of language, mind and action remain the starting point for many of the central debates in the analytic tradition. His ideas, however, are complex, often technical, and interconnected in ways that can make them difficult to understand. This introduction to Davidson's philosophy examines the full range of his writings to provide a clear succinct overview of his ideas. This book begins with an account of the assumptions and structure of Davidson's philosophy of language, introducing his compositionalism, extensionalism and commitment to a Tarski-style theory of truth as the model for theories of meaning. It goes on to show how that philosophical framework is to be applied and how it challenges the traditional picture. Marc Joseph examines Davidson's influential work on action theory and events and discusses the commonly made charge that his theory of action and mind leaves the mental as a mere 'epiphenomenon' of the physical. The final section explores Davidson's philosophy of mind, some of its consequences for traditional views of subjectivity and objectivity and, more generally, the relation between minded beings and the physical and mental world they occupy.

Donald Davidson's work has been of seminal importance in the development of analytic philosophy and his views on the nature of language, mind and action remain the starting point for many of the central debates in the analytic tradition. His ideas, however, are complex, often technical, and interconnected in ways that can make them difficult to understand. This introduction to Davidson's philosophy examines the full range of his writings to provide a clear succinct overview of his ideas. The book begins with an account of the assumptions and structure of Davidson's philosophy of language, introducing his compositionalism, extensionalism and commitment to a Tarski-style theory of truth as the model for theories of meaning. It goes on to show how that philosophical framework is to be applied and how it challenges the traditional picture. Marc Joseph examines Davidson's influential work on action theory and events and discusses the commonly made charge that his theory of action and mind leaves the mental as a mere 'epiphenomenon' of the physical. The final section explores Davidson's philosophy of mind, some of its consequences for traditional views of subjectivity and objectivity and, more generally, the relation between minded beings and the physical and mental world they occupy.

How did Noah Cleary, a youthful big-city crime reporter who purports to be an unbeliever, wind up in Kansas battling satanic forces plotting to subvert the coming of the End Time?

It all began with Noah's friendship with the mysterious Rabbi Chaim Neutag. Although he had befriended the rabbi months earlier, Noah knew no personal details about him. Then a newspaper story about the disappearance of a young girl-the only surviving member of a brutally slain Midwestern farm family-and her prize heifer prompt the rabbi to open up. Noah learns the shocking details of how, some 40 years ago, a jealous and vindictive colleague had rendered the rabbi blind and helpless, to prevent the disclosure of the truth he had uncovered, the existence of Judaic prophetic texts foretelling the coming of Jesus. It was clear to the rabbi that the abductions in Kansas were connected to an attempt to disrupt the commencement of Armageddon by preventing, as required by scripture, the sacrifice of a flawless red heifer.

Moved by the rabbi's plea, Noah proceeds with his investigation into the girl's disappearance and the calf's significance. Encountering a succession of strange and spectral events, Noah finds himself on the front line of a struggle that has consequences for his-and humanity's-salvation.

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