Truth and Other Enigmas
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Truth and Other Enigmas is a collection of influential philosophical essays by Michael Dummett, primarily addressing the nature of truth, meaning, and realism in the philosophy of language.
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| Truth and Other Enigmas canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| about |
logical consequence
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meaning-theory ⓘ the justification of deduction ⓘ the metaphysics of time and the past ⓘ the nature of linguistic understanding ⓘ the philosophy of logic ⓘ the realism–anti-realism debate ⓘ theories of truth ⓘ verificationism ⓘ |
| author | Michael Dummett ⓘ |
| contributor | Michael Dummett ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ |
| genre |
analytic philosophy
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philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
On Sense and Reference
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surface form:
“Frege’s Distinction between Sense and Reference”
“Realism and Anti-Realism” ⓘ Realism with a Human Face ⓘ
surface form:
“Realism”
“The Justification of Deduction” ⓘ “The Philosophical Basis of Intuitionistic Logic” ⓘ “The Reality of the Past” ⓘ “Truth and Meaning” ⓘ “Truth” ⓘ “What Do I Know When I Know a Language?” ⓘ “What is a Theory of Meaning?” ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gottlob Frege
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intuitionism ⓘ
surface form:
intuitionistic logic
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| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anti-realism
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epistemology ⓘ logical theory ⓘ meaning ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ realism ⓘ semantics ⓘ truth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
developing Dummett’s anti-realist conception of truth
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influencing late 20th-century philosophy of language ⓘ linking theories of meaning to metaphysical realism ⓘ |
| philosophicalFocus |
conditions for understanding a language
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logical laws and their justification ⓘ relationship between truth and assertibility ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| publisher |
Duckworth
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Harvard University Press ⓘ |
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