Donald Davidson
Sign in to saveAmerican philosopher (1917–2003)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917-03-06
- Died
- 2003-08-30
- Works
- 43
Top works
- Spyglass, views and reviews, 1924-1930
- BRITISH POETRY OF THE EIGHTEEN-NINETIES (1890s)
- Regionalism and Nationalism in the United States
- River Learns Baseball
- Poems, 1922-1961
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 113
- Total plays
- 493
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers
· 1984 · cited 33,666x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,819x
- The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two new functionals and systematic testing of four M06-class functionals and 12 other functionals
· 2007 · cited 28,489x
- An Algorithm for Least-Squares Estimation of Nonlinear Parameters
· 1963 · cited 24,292x
- The central role of the propensity score in observational studies for causal effects
· 1983 · cited 23,679x
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Key facts
- Born
- Donald Herbert Davidson , ( 1917-03-06 ) 6 March 1917, Springfield, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Died
- 30 August 2003 (2003-08-30) (aged 86), Oakland, California , U.S.
- Education
- Harvard University ( BA , MA , PhD )
- Thesis
- Plato's 'Philebus' (1949)
- Doctoral advisor
- Raphael Demos , Donald Cary Williams
- Other advisors
- Alfred North Whitehead , Willard Van Orman Quine
- Era
- 20th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School or tradition
- Analytic , Neopragmatism
- Institutions
- University of California, Berkeley
- Doctoral students
- Akeel Bilgrami , Michael Bratman , Kirk Ludwig , Stephen Yablo
- Main interests
- Philosophy of language , Philosophy of action , Philosophy of mind , Epistemology , Ontology
Key dates
- Born
- 6 March 1917
- Died
- 30 August 2003
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Donald
- Family name
- Davidson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Springfield
- Place of death
- Berkeley
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- The Rockefeller University
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
Donald Herbert Davidson (March 6, 1917 – August 30, 2003) was an American philosopher. He served as Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1981 to 2003 after having also held teaching appointments at Stanford University, Rockefeller University, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago. Davidson was known for his charismatic personality and difficult writing style, as well as the systematic nature of his philosophy. His work exerted considerable influence in many areas of philosophy from the 1960s onward, particularly in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and action theory. While Davidson was an analytic philosopher, with most of his influence lying in that tradition, his work has attracted attention in continental philosophy as well, particularly in literary theory and related areas.
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