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The Seas of Language

By: Michael Dummett

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Paperback | 1 February 1996

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Michael Dummett is a leading contemporary philosopher whose work on the logic and metaphysics of language has had a lasting influence on how these subjects are conceived and discussed. This volume contains some of the most provocative and widely discussed essays published in the last fifteen years, together with a number of unpublished or inaccessible writings. Essays included are: "What is a Theory of Meaning?," "What do I Know When I Know a Language?," "What Does the Appeal to Use Do for the Theory of Meaning?," "Language and Truth," "Truth and Meaning," "Language and Communication," "The Source of the Concept of Truth," "Mood, Force, and Convention," "Frege and Husserl on Reference," "Realism," "Existence," "Does Quantification Involve Identity?," "Could there be Unicorns?," "Causal Loops," "Common Sense and Physics," "Testimony and Memory," "What is Mathematics About?," "Wittgenstein on Necessity: Some Reflections," and "Realism and Anti-Realism." Serving well as a
companion to Dummett's other collections, the essays in this volume are not forbiddingly technical or specialized, and have relevance to many areas of analytic philosophy.

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`This is an impressive collection by one of the most influential of living English philosophers ... Reading him, one has the impression of being at the hub of the discussion in the philosophy of language and his points in other areas are invariably authoritative and original. It is welcome as an elaborate and useful contribution to contemporary philosophical thinking.' History and Philosophy of Logic `Those interested in the foundations of mathematics and logic will find Dummett's discussion of "indefinitely extensible concepts" of interest.' The Modern Schoolman `His observations are of great interest ... The publishers should be thanked for making it less likely that these important papers will escape the attention of philosophers.' International Philosophical Quarterly `This collection brings together Dummett's mature thoughts on topics with which he has wrestled for years, along with reflections on a few new themes and applications of his ideas to the contemporary literature. The papers all bear the mark of the power, depth, and originality characteristic of Dummett's work. This book is essential for anyone seriously interested in the philosophy of language or metaphysics. Those who choose to ignore it because they dislike its conclusions will do so to their disadvantage.' Australasian Journal of Philosophy

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