The seas of language [electronic resource] / Michael Dummett.

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Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011

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Oxford eBooks

Publication details: Oxford : Clarendon, 1993.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 482 p.)ISBN:

0198236212

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Electronic books.

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121.68 22

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P106

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Summary: Dummett defends the verificationist theory of meaning, i.e. to know the meaning of a statement one must be in possession of a procedure to verify it. He also argues for the link between bivalence and the metaphysical doctrine of realism. Other topics include refutation of instrumentalism, mathematical applicability, and more.

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Dummett defends the verificationist theory of meaning, i.e. to know the meaning of a statement one must be in possession of a procedure to verify it. He also argues for the link between bivalence and the metaphysical doctrine of realism. Other topics include refutation of instrumentalism, mathematical applicability, and more.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.