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The debate Michael Dummett instigated on how best to prosecute issues in metaphysics via arguements in the philosophy of language remains one of the central issues in contemporary analytic philosophy and impacts on other writers such as Quine, Putnam, and Davidson. The text aims to provide a systematic exposition of Dummett's contribution to contemporary philosophy, focusing on his discussion of realism. The author also deals with the nature of meaning and understanding and discusses two challenges for the anti-realist: the past and mathematics.

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A superb book that clarifies the difficult thought of one of the towering figures of recent philosophy. - Choice Weiss provides an excellent and concise introduction to Dummett's thought, and he does more: he provides those who already have a fair acquaintance with Dummett with a very useful and provocative overview, drawing together the complex strands. - Australasian Journal of Philosophy A very good simultaneous exposition and critical evaluation of Dummett's work in the philosophies of language, logic and mathematics. It systematizes in a way that Dummett himself has been reluctant to do. - Peter Milne, University of Edinburgh

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Bernhard Weiss is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town.

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