Background
Malpas, Jeffrey Edward was born on August 21, 1958 in Campsie, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Joseph Edward and Margaret Eva (Porter) Malpas.
(J. E. Malpas discusses and develops the ideas of Donald D...)
J. E. Malpas discusses and develops the ideas of Donald Davidson, influential in contemporary thinking on the nature of understanding and meaning, and of truth and knowledge. He provides an account of Davidson's holistic and hermeneutical conception of linguistic interpretation, and, more generally, of the mind. Outlining its Quinean origins and the elements basic to Davidson's Radical Interpretation, J. E. Malpas' book goes on to elaborate this holism and to examine the indeterminacy of interpretation and the principle of charity. The metaphysical and epistemological consequences of Davidson's approach are considered, particularly in relation to scepticism and relativism, the realist/anti-realist debate, and the problem of truth. Parallels are drawn between the Davidsonian emphasis on the centrality of the notion of truth and Heidegger's notion of truth as aletheia, as the book looks to structuralist, hermeneutical and phenomenological sources to illuminate Davidson's position.
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Malpas, Jeffrey Edward was born on August 21, 1958 in Campsie, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Joseph Edward and Margaret Eva (Porter) Malpas.
Bachelor, Auckland University, New Zealand, 1980; Master of Arts with 1st class honors, Auckland University, New Zealand, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University, 1986.
Assistant lecturer, U. Auckland, 1982; tutor, U. New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 1985-1989; lecturer, Murdoch University, Australia, 1989-1993; senior lecturer, Murdoch University, Australia, since 1993; program chair philosophy, Murdoch University, Australia, since 1991.
(J. E. Malpas discusses and develops the ideas of Donald D...)
Member American Philosophical Association, Australasian Association Philosophy.
Married Margaret Mary Maher, February 1, 1979. Children: Jonathan Edward, Nicholas Carl.