Michael Dummett / Bernhard Weiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weiss, Bernhard, author.

Series:

Philosophy now (Acumen)

Philosophy now

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dummett, Michael A. E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 197 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. The 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. The 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.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; 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; Appendix 1: Mood, force and convention; Appendix 2: Truth-conditional accounts of meaning; Appendix 3: Decidability; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-48985-3

1-317-48986-1

1-315-71074-9

1-282-53454-8

1-84465-303-X

9786612534546

9781315710747

OCLC:

898771440