Malapropisms, Speaker Meaning, and Davidson`s Thoeries of Literal Meaning

초록

In this paper I describe the conflicting theories of literal meaning that can be found in Donald Davidson`s philosophy of language. I also consider the reasons that led Davidson, in his later writings, to embrace an intentions-based theory of literal meaning and I argue that these reasons were ulitmately misguided. Therefore, I conclude that Davidson should not have abandoned his original conventional view of literal meaning.