“Realism and Anti-Realism”
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“Realism and Anti-Realism” is a philosophical essay by Michael Dummett that examines the debate over whether statements about the world have objective truth-values independent of our capacity to know or verify them.
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| instanceOf |
philosophical essay
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work on metaphysics ⓘ work on philosophy of language ⓘ |
| arguesAbout |
connection between anti-realism and intuitionistic logic
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connection between realism and classical logic ⓘ whether statements have truth-values independent of our capacity to know them ⓘ |
| author | Michael Dummett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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debate on realism in metaphysics
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debate on realism in philosophy of language ⓘ debate on realism in philosophy of mathematics ⓘ |
| discusses |
anti-realist semantics
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bivalence ⓘ independence of truth from knowledge ⓘ intuitionism ⓘ knowability of truth ⓘ law of excluded middle ⓘ logical consequence ⓘ meaning-theory ⓘ objective truth-values ⓘ realist semantics ⓘ verification conditions ⓘ |
| examines |
conditions for truth-aptness of statements
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debate over anti-realism in semantics ⓘ debate over realism in semantics ⓘ epistemic constraints on truth ⓘ relationship between truth and assertibility ⓘ role of verification in meaning ⓘ |
| field |
metaphysics
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philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of logic ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical analysis of metaphysical realism
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defense of anti-realist approach to meaning ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPositionOfAuthor | semantic anti-realism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Fregean philosophy of language
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Wittgensteinian ideas on meaning ⓘ intuitionistic mathematics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
anti-realism
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meaning ⓘ metaphysical debate ⓘ realism ⓘ semantic theory ⓘ truth ⓘ verificationism ⓘ |
| proposes |
link between meaning and conditions of verification
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use of proof-theoretic notions in semantics ⓘ |
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