This collection of Michael Dummett's philosophical essays, spanning
more than twenty years, ranges in topic from time to the philosophy
of mathematics, but is unified by a steady philosophical outlook.
The essays are, in one way or another, informed by Dummett's
concern with metaphysical questions and his belief that the correct
approach to them is via the theory of meaning. Reflected here is
Dummett's conviction that the concept of truth is of central
importance both for the theory of meaning and for metaphysics. As
he sees it, an adequate elucidation of the concept of truth
requires nothing less than the construction of a satisfactory
theory of meaning. At the same time, resolution of the traditional
problems of metaphysics turns critically upon the way in which the
concept of truth applies to each of various large ranges of
statements, and especially upon whether the statements in each such
range satisfy the principle that every statement must be true or
false. The book includes all Dummett's philosophical essays that
were published or given as public lectures before August 1976, with
the exception of a few he did not think it worthwhile to reprint
and of the two entitled "What Is a Theory of Meaning?" One essay
appears here for the first time in English and two have not been
previously published. In an extensive preface, Dummett comments on
the essays and seeks to relate them to the philosophical background
against which they were written.
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