Dummett on Analytical Philosophy [electronic resource] /
Weiss, B.editor.
Dummett argues that the aim of philosophy is the analysis of thought and that, with Frege, analytical philosophy learned that the route to the analysis of thought is the analysis of language. Here are bold and deep readings of the subject's history and character, which form the topic of this volume.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Dummett on the Logical Basis of Metaphysics; 2 Seeking the Logical Basis of Metaphysics; 3 How Rare Is Chairman Mao? Dummett, Frege and the Austere Conception of Nonsense; 4 Making Knowledge of Meaning Explicit; 5 Frege on That-Clauses; 6 Dummett on Frege on Functions; 7 Meaning and Dummett's Austrians; 8 Dummett, the Frege-Husserl Exchange and the Analytical Tradition; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Dummett argues that the aim of philosophy is the analysis of thought and that, with Frege, analytical philosophy learned that the route to the analysis of thought is the analysis of language. Here are bold and deep readings of the subject's history and character, which form the topic of this volume.
Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011.
Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925.
Analysis (Philosophy).
Mathematics—Philosophy.
Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Language and languages—Philosophy.
Analytic Philosophy.
Philosophy of Mathematics.
History of Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
Philosophy of Language.