Michael Dummett: Contributions to Philosophy
- ISBN-10
- 9400935412
- ISBN-13
- 9789400935419
- Series
- Michael Dummett
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 339
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-12-06
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Author
- B.M. Taylor
Description
P. A. Schilpp's 'Library of Living Philosophers' is the series which introduced to the philosophical community the format of a volume of essays on the work of a distinguished philosopher, combined with replies to the essays by the philosopher targeted. The format proved attracti ve to a discipline which has always placed a high premium on debate. But the Schilpp series has shown itself unenterprising in its choice of subjects, concentrating on end-of-year reports on philosophers who are of undoubted distinction, but whose contribution to the subject can be regarded as rather definitely over. Which leaves a gap, which the present series is designed to fill, for volumes of a similar format aiming at assessment of philosophers who have distinguished themselves already by making a substan tial impact on their discipline, but whose further work too is awaited with eager anticipation. Michael Dummett is an ideal subject for a series with this goal of mid term assessment. His writings to date have permanently altered philosophy's conception of what is at issue between realism and idealism (and its paler cousin, anti-realism); and this has been achieved by way of a supplementary clarification of a host of issues in the philosophy of language and of mathematics, and of the Frege/Wittgenstein historical tradition from which such issues are typically approached in contemporary philosophy.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 1987-02-28
- 358 pages
- Paperback
- Springer Science & Business Media
Similar books
-
Frege: Philosophy of Language
By Michael DummettGranted that , when the thirtyfirst sheep strays on to the hill , there is no number that has increased , is it still not the case that the number 30 has suffered a different change , namely from being the number of sheep on the hill to ...
-
Truth and Other Enigmas
By Michael Dummett'These writings. . .explore the theory of meaning as pivotally important fro the analysis of truth and. . .traditional metaphysical questions. . .Dummett's work is technical but always lucid, and it is of fundamental importance.' - Choice
-
The Philosophy of Michael Dummett
By Randall E. Auxier, Lewis Edwin HahnSir Michael Dummett has, for over half a century, been among the most respected and provocative philosophical voices in the world. His groundbreaking and controversial work in epistemology, ontology, the...
-
Origins of Analytical Philosophy
By Michael DummettNow available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, Origins of Analytical Philosophy remains a vital read for anyone interested in the development of twentieth century thought and the history of philosophy.
-
The Philosophy of Michael Dummett
By B.F. McGuinness, G. OliveriThe papers contained in this book, and Dummett's replies, will, it is hoped, not merely offer a partial reconstruction of a philosopher's life work, but provide an exciting and challenging vantage point from which to look at some of the ...
-
Language, Thought, and Logic: Essays in Honour of Michael Dummett
By Richard G. HeckTwo contributors discuss time, in particular the reality of the past. The last four essays focus on Frege and the philosophy of mathematics. The volume represents some of the best work in contemporary analytical philosophy.
-
The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
By Michael DummettNow , in this case , an understanding of the predicate ' true ' , as applied to ' Sharks never sleep ' , does not amount to the knowledge that ' Sharks never sleep ' is true just in case sharks never sleep : what is needed , in order to ...
-
Michael Dummett and the Theory of Meaning
By Darryl GunsonPublished in 1998, this book argues that in recent decades, Anglo-American philosophy of language has been captivated by the idea that the key to progress in this area of philosophy lies in investigating the possibility of constructing a ...
-
Frege: Philosophy of Mathematics
By Michael DummettIn this work Dummett discusses, section by section, Frege's masterpiece The Foundations of Arithmetic and Frege's treatment of real numbers in the second volume of Basic Laws of Arithmetic, establishing what parts of the philosopher's views ...
-
Michael Dummett and the Theory of Meaning
By Darryl GunsonPublished in 1998, this book argues that in recent decades, Anglo-American philosophy of language has been captivated by the idea that the key to progress in this area of philosophy lies in investigating the possibility of constructing a ...