Michael Dummett

ISBN-13: 9781902683355 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str.

Bernhard Weiss

Opis

The debate Michael Dummett instigated on how best to prosecute issues in metaphysics via arguements in the philosophy of language remains one of the central issues in contemporary analytic philosophy and impacts on other writers such as Quine, Putnam, and Davidson. The text aims to provide a systematic exposition of Dummett's contribution to contemporary philosophy, focusing on his discussion of realism. The author also deals with the nature of meaning and understanding and discusses two challenges for the anti-realist: the past and mathematics.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1. What is a theory of meaning? 2. Knowledge of the meaning-theory 3. The characterization of realism 4. The challenge for realism 5. What is anti-realism? 6. The revisionary implications of anti-realism 7. Two case-studies: the past and mathematics Conclusion Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

O autorze

Bernhard Weiss