One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam's involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic.
This specially commissioned collection discusses his contribution to the realist and pragmatist debate. Hilary Putnam comments on the issues raised in each article, making it invaluable for any scholar of his work.

Donald Davidson has made enormous contributions to the philosophy of action, epistemology, semantics and philosophy of mind and today is recognized as one of the most important analytical philosophers of the late twentieth century.
Donald Davidson: Truth, Meaning and Knowledge addresses
* Davidson's writings on epistemology and theory of language with their implications of ontology and philosophy of mind
* the central issue of whether truth is the ultimate goal of enquiry, challenged by contributions from Richard Rorty and Paul Horwich
* Davidson's approach to semantics and applied linguistics as addressed by Kirk Ludwig, Gabriel Segal, Peter Pagin, Stephen Neale, Herman Cappelen and Ernie Lepore and Reinaldo Elugardo
* Davidson's advances in the philosophy of mind in relation to the views of Williard V. Quine, John McDowell and Peter F. Strawson, in essays by Roger Gibson and Anita Avramides

One of the most influential contemporary philosophers, Hilary Putnam's involvement in philosophy spans philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ontology and epistemology and logic.
This specially commissioned collection discusses his contribution to the realist and pragmatist debate. Hilary Putnam comments on the issues raised in each article, making it invaluable for any scholar of his work.

This text discusses the philosophical views of Donald Davidson, an influential 20th-century philosopher. Since the 1960s Davidson's views have provoked and inspired and his intellectual dynamism has revolutionized the philosophy of mind, epistemology, philosophy of language and semantics. He is not only known for his rigorous and often controversial thinking but also by his willingness to engage in dialogue and re-evaluate his ideas and paradigms. The present collection is testimony to his spirit of openness and contains essays by academics on the major themes of Davidson's philosophy, complete with individual responses by the philosopher himself. The essays address the main ideas of Davidson's theory of language and epistemology with their implications in ontology and philosophy of mind. The book begins with polemical essays on the central problem of truth, one of the most controversial philosophical issues. The core of the controversy can be formulated in the question: is truth the goal of enquiry?;This query has recently been raised by Richard Rorty to whom Davidson has penned a personal reply. In the second part of the anthology, contributors discuss Davidson's semantic program