The seas of language / Michael Dummett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Metaphysics.

First philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 482 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dummett defends the verificationist theory of meaning, i.e. to know the meaning of a statement one must be in possession of a procedure to verify it. He also argues for the link between bivalence and the metaphysical doctrine of realism. Other topics include refutation of instrumentalism, mathematical applicability, and more.

Contents:

1. What is a theory of meaning? (I)

2. What is a theory of meaning? (II)

3. What do I know when I know a language?

4. What does the appeal to use do for the theory of meaning?

5. Language and truth

6. Truth and meaning

7. Language and communication

8. The source of the concept of truth

9. Mood, force, and convention

10. Frege and Husserl on reference

11. Realism

12. Existence

13. Does quantification involve identity?

14. Could there be unicorns?

15. Causal loops

16. Commom sense and physics

17. Testimony and memory

18. What is mathematics about?

19. Wittgenstein on necessity : some reflections

20. Realism and anti-realism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-159735-X

9786612051920

0-19-151956-1

1-282-05192-X

OCLC:

328487444