DOI
10.1163/15700682-12341425
Abstract
This essay argues that the approach to meaning articulated by Donald Davidson supplies all the student of religion needs to know about this subject. By focusing on interpretation as understood by Davidson, we can understand, for example, the beliefs and practices of a people such as the Dogon of Mali. By adding to this the evidence of ethnography and history, students of religion can give a compelling account of change and adjudicate between competing analyses.
Document Type
Post-print Article
Publication Date
2018
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DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341425
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Full citation:
Davis, G. Scott. "Semantics and the Study of Religion." Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 30, no. 4-5 (October 2018): 378-401. https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-12341425
Recommended Citation
Davis, G. Scott, "Semantics and the Study of Religion" (2018). Religious Studies Faculty Publications. 48.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/religiousstudies-faculty-publications/48