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Michael Dummett (Paperback)
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Michael Dummett (Paperback)
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Michael Dummett's approach to the metaphysical issue of realism
through the philosophy of language, his challenge to realism, and
his philosophy of language itself are central topics in
contemporary analytic philosophy and have influenced the work of
other major figures such as Quine, Putnam, and Davidson. This book
offers an accessible and systematic presentation of the main
elements of Dummett's philosophy. This book's overarching theme is
Dummett's discussion of realism: his characterization of realism,
his attack on realism, and his invention and exploration of the
anti-realist position. This book begins by examining Dummett's
views on language. Only against that setting can one fully
appreciate his conception of the realism issue. With this in place,
Weiss returns to Dummett's views on the nature of meaning and
understanding to unfold his challenge to realism. Weiss devotes the
remainder of the book to examining the anti-realist position. He
discusses anti-realist theories of meaning and then investigates
anti-realism's revisionary consequences. Finally, he engages with
Dummett's discussion of two difficult challenges for the
anti-realist: the past and mathematics.
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