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This text contains seminal discussions of central issues in the philosophy of language, mathematics, mind, religion and time. Is common language conceptually prior to idiolectics? What is a theory of meaning? Does constructivism provide a satisfactory account of mathematics? What are indefinitely extensible concepts? Can we change the past? These are some of the questions addressed here. Both the papers written by the contributors and Dummett's replies provide a number of ideas for those who currently do research in the respective areas touched upon. The material presented is also suitable for use in undergraduate courses at university level.

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Author:   B.F. McGuinness ,  G. Oliveri
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1994 ed.
Volume:   239
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.660kg
ISBN:  

9780792328049

ISBN 10:   0792328043
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   30 April 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Philosophy of Language.- The Social Aspect of Language.- Singular Terms.- Philosophical Theorizing and Particularism: Michael Dummett on Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy of Language.- Convention and Assertion.- Meaning Theory and Anti-realism.- 2. Philosophy of Mathematics.- Anti-realism and the Philosophy of Mathematics.- Dummett and Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Mathematics.- Vestiges of Realism.- About “The Philosophical Significance of Gödel’s Theorem”: some issues.- 3. Philosophy of Mind, Time and Religion.- Dummett, Realism and Other Minds.- Truth, Time and Deity.- Leaving the Past Where it Belongs.- 4. Dummett’s Replies.- Reply to Davidson.- Reply to Hale.- Reply to Pears.- Reply to Picardi.- Reply to Prawitz.- Reply to Oliveri.- Reply to Penco.- Reply to Sundholm.- Reply to Wright.- Reply to Bilgrami.- Reply to McGuinness.- Reply to Schulte.

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