Truth and the past /
Michael Dummett's three John Dewey Lectures?""The Concept of Truth, "" ""Statements About the Past, "" and ""The Metaphysics of Time""?were delivered at Columbia University in the spring of 2002. Revised and expanded, the lectures are...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Columbia University Press,
2004
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| Series: | Columbia themes in philosophy.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Michael Dummett's three John Dewey Lectures?""The Concept of Truth, "" ""Statements About the Past, "" and ""The Metaphysics of Time""?were delivered at Columbia University in the spring of 2002. Revised and expanded, the lectures are presented here along with two new essays by Dummett, ""Truth: Deniers and Defenders"" and ""The Indispensability of the Concept of Truth.""In Truth and the Past, Dummett clarifies his current positions on the metaphysical issue of realism and the philosophy of language. He is best known as a proponent of antirealism, which loosely characterizes truth a. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 122 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0231506457 9780231506458 1282871927 9781282871922 0231131771 9780231131773 9786612871924 661287192X |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
