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MELOGNO, Pablo. Omniscient interpreter, charity  and externalism. EPISTEME [online]. 2011, vol.31, n.1, pp.55-68. ISSN 0798-4324.

The omniscient interpreter argument laid by Donald Davidson is discussed, in relation to two other aspects of the davidsonian philosophy: the principle of charity and the externalist conception of meaning. It’s attempted to show that the argument has worked rather as a result of the davidsonian characterization of the radical interpretation, than as a building factor of that one, in so far as, either presupposes the davidsonian interpretation methodol- ogy based on the principle of charity, whose problems tried to solve, or presupposes the externalist conception of meaning, what it takes away its utility.

Palabras clave : Davidson; Omniscient Interpreter; Radical Interpretation.

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