“The Reality of the Past”
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“The Reality of the Past” is a philosophical essay by Michael Dummett that examines how statements about the past can have determinate truth-values and what this implies for realism and the nature of time.
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| “The Reality of the Past” canonical | 1 |
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philosophical essay
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work on metaphysics ⓘ work on philosophy of language ⓘ |
| author | Michael Dummett NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discusses |
conditions under which statements about the past are true
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connection between realism and bivalence ⓘ epistemic access to the past ⓘ independence of past facts from present knowledge ⓘ logical law of excluded middle for past-tense statements ⓘ metaphysical implications of semantic theses ⓘ objectivity of historical facts ⓘ relationship between meaning and truth ⓘ role of evidence in fixing truth about the past ⓘ temporal asymmetry ⓘ tension between verificationist semantics and realism ⓘ whether past-tense statements have determinate truth-values ⓘ |
| field |
metaphysics
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philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of time ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPosition |
criticizes purely verificationist accounts of truth
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supports a realist view of the past ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
analytic philosophy
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debates on realism and anti-realism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
anti-realism about the past
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determinacy of truth-value ⓘ nature of time ⓘ realism about the past ⓘ reality of the past ⓘ semantic realism ⓘ truth-conditions ⓘ truth-values of statements about the past ⓘ verificationism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
bivalence
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evidence-transcendent truth ⓘ historical knowledge ⓘ semantic anti-realism ⓘ truth-conditional semantics ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Truth and Other Enigmas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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