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Michael Dummett The Logical Basis of Metaphysics (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
- Publication Name
- Logical Basis of Metaphysics
- Title
- The Logical Basis of Metaphysics
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0674537866
- EAN
- 9780674537866
- ISBN
- 9780674537866
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Genre
- Philosophy & Spirituality
- Release Year
- 1993
- Release Date
- 01/01/1993
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Item Weight
- 19.2 Oz
- Series
- The William James Lectures
- Type
- Textbook
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 366 Pages
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Dummett regards the construction of a satisfactory theory of meaning as the most pressing task of contemporary analytical philosophy. He believes that the successful completion of this difficult assignment will lead to a resolution of problems before which philosophy has been stalled, in some instances for centuries.
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Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674537866
ISBN-13
9780674537866
eBay Product ID (ePID)
737218
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Logical Basis of Metaphysics
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Series
The William James Lectures
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
366 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
19.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
8
Lc Classification Number
Bc51.D85 1993
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It will be difficult to exaggerate the philosophical interest of the general conclusion that Dummett recommends in this book. If he is right, a large number of issues which have been wrangled over inconclusively, in some cases for centuries, acquire a new sharpness and tractability, with a serious prospect (or worse) that the verdict will go against what has passed for common sense. If he is wrong, as I in fact believe, he is profoundly and importantly wrong, and it is a difficult and pressing task for philosophy to see why ... [He has been urging] the general conception in articles and, in passing, in books not primarily devoted to it, for some thirty years. What is new here is the depth, generality, and detail with which he spells out the views about what the theory of meaning must do which have stood largely in the background of his previous writings about realism... This is an extraordinarily important book., It will be difficult to exaggerate the philosophical interest of the general conclusion that Dummett recommends in this book. If he is right, a large number of issues which have been wrangled over inconclusively, in some cases for centuries, acquire a new sharpness and tractability, with a serious prospect (or worse) that the verdict will go against what has passed for common sense. If he is wrong, as I in fact believe, he is profoundly and importantly wrong, and it is a difficult and pressing task for philosophy to see why... [He has been urging] the general conception in articles and, in passing, in books not primarily devoted to it, for some thirty years. What is new here is the depth, generality, and detail with which he spells out the views about what the theory of meaning must do which have stood largely in the background of his previous writings about realism... This is an extraordinarily important book., Michael Dummett's The Logical Basis of Metaphysics was very much worth waiting for: the book is important, daring, controversial, and very deep... The overall thesis of the book is that the way to solve metaphysical problems is through philosophy of language, and the large metaphysical 'pay-off' the book offers is nothing less than a revision of classical logic! In a nutshell, this means that the principle of Bivalence (the Law of the Excluded Middle) is wrong and Brouwer's Intuitionist Logic is right! Although the conclusions are dramatic, they are reached by slow and sober steps... Even though I have not been 'completely converted,' I have myself learned an enormous amount from this book, and I believe that it marks one of the true high-water marks of twentieth-century philosophy., Fundamental issues of human understanding are pursued with moral passion and enormous energy by a real philosopher. The questions Dummett presses reach at least as far as the very limits of thought., Michael Dummett's The Logical Basis of Metaphysics was very much worth waiting for: the book is important, daring, controversial, and very deep... The over-all thesis of the book is that the way to solve metaphysical problems is through philosophy of language, and the large metaphysical 'pay-off' the book offers is nothing less than a revision of classical logic! In a nutshell, this means that the principle of Bivalence (the Law of the Excluded Middle) is wrong and Brouwer's Intuitionist Logic is right! Although the conclusions are dramatic, they are reached by slow and sober steps... Even though I have, not been 'completely converted,' I have myself learned an enormous amount from this book, and I believe that it marks one of the true high-water marks of twentieth-century philosophy.
Copyright Date
1991
Topic
General, Metaphysics
Dewey Decimal
121.68
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Philosophy
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