The Philosophy of Michael Dummett

The Philosophy of Michael Dummett
ISBN-10
0792328043
ISBN-13
9780792328049
Category
Mathematics
Pages
390
Language
English
Published
1994-04-30
Publisher
Springer Science & Business Media
Authors
Brian McGuinness, B.F. McGuinness, G. Oliveri

Description

This book contains seminal discussions of central issues in the philosophy of language, mathematics, mind, religion and time. Is common language conceptually prior to idiolectics? What is a theory of meaning? Does constructivism provide a satisfactory account of mathematics? What are indefinitely extensible concepts? Can we change the past? These are only some of the very important questions addressed here. Both the papers written by the contributors and Dummett's replies provide a great wealth of stimulating ideas for those who currently do research in the respective areas touched upon without making the reading exceedingly tedious. This feature, common to most of the papers in this book, makes it possible to use the material presented in undergraduate courses at university level.

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