Truth and Other Enigmas by Michael Dummett (PDF)

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This collection of Michael Dummett’s philosophical essays, spanning more than twenty years, ranges in topic from time to the philosophy of mathematics, but is unified by a steady philosophical outlook. The essays are, in one way or another, informed by Dummett’s concern with metaphysical questions and his belief that the correct approach to them is via the theory of meaning. Reflected here is Dummett’s conviction that the concept of truth is of central importance both for the theory of meaning and for metaphysics. As he sees it, an adequate elucidation of the concept of truth requires nothing less than the construction of a satisfactory theory of meaning. At the same time, resolution of the traditional problems of metaphysics turns critically upon the way in which the concept of truth applies to each of various large ranges of statements, and especially upon whether the statements in each such range satisfy the principle that every statement must be true or false.The book includes all Dummett’s philosophical essays that were published or given as public lectures before August 1976, with the exception of a few he did not think it worthwhile to reprint and of the two entitled “What Is a Theory of Meaning?” One essay appears here for the first time in English and two have not been previously published. In an extensive preface, Dummett comments on the essays and seeks to relate them to the philosophical background against which they were written.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “Dummett is one of the outstanding philosophers of the present time… The present volume should consolidate and enhance this reputation… His work demands exceptionally close reading, but also repays it.”―The Observer“The interest [of these essays] is heightened by their being assembled together in a single volume, which gives us a clearer picture of Dummett’s philosophy than we were likely to have beforehand… This book will be argued with often and in many places in the years to come. It is a measure of the importance of his work.”―Philosophical Books“These writings…explore the theory of meaning as pivotally important for the analysis of truth and…traditional metaphysical questions… Dummett’s work is technical but always lucid, and it is of fundamental importance.”―Choice From the Back Cover ‘These writings. . .explore the theory of meaning as pivotally important fro the analysis of truth and. . .traditional metaphysical questions. . .Dummett’s work is technical but always lucid, and it is of fundamental importance.’ – Choice About the Author Michael Dummett was Wykeham Professor of Logic, Emeritus, at the University of Oxford. Read more

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⭐learned a lot.

⭐As is clear from other reviewers, this is a selection of papers by a brilliant philosopher, most of them difficult for a non-specialist. If you want to start reading Dummett, The Seas of Language might be an easier place to start. Within this book, some papers are easier than others; the final essay is a clear presentation of Dummett’s ambitiout project, which is to solve metaphysical problems by looking at the nature of language. This project makes sense if Dummett is correct in thinking that the great insight of analytical philosophy was that it is only by understanding the nature of language that we can understand the limits of thought. The papers on backward causation, while difficult, can be read and understood without much previous knowledge of Dummett’s works. It was after reading one of these papers, and struggling to make sense of it, that I decided to study Dummett’s work in more detail, a decision that I do not regret. Hard work is required, but its worth it!

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⭐It always presents a particular problem when books like Dummett’s _Truth and Other Enigmas_ get reviewed by someone who is not involved in the field to which the work belongs. In a sense, the earlier reviewer who so despised Dummett’s book is right; the average person who picks it up will find it incomprehensible, narrow in its concerns and full of arcane terminology. Of course, the same would be true of some set of texts in any field of study that are geared towards its most devoted and well-read practitioners. Philosophy texts come in for greater scrutiny on this count because many people expect to be part of any philosophical discussion in a way they would not be part of every discussion about fluid dynamics, cytology or Galois theory.That being said, measuring Dummett’s book against the field to which it contributes at the level it is intended, one cannot deny it is a collection of some of the most important works of this half of the century. Dummett is still a difficult read even for those folks, but you’d better have a copy of it if you think about analytic philosophy.That and it just bugged me to see it have only 3 stars.

⭐Has some key texts that I am desperate for, for my dissertation,Is time real?Good condition,no graffiti!Thank you!

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