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Tables of Contents for From Dummett's Philosophical Perspective
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
1 Introduction: Dummett's Key Traits
1
14
1.1 Optimism
1
2
1.2 Adventurousness
3
2
1.3 A thin layer of rationality
5
2
1.4 Frege and Wittgenstein
7
2
1.5 And Kant
9
2
1.6 Objectivism, relativism and the intermediate position
11
1
1.7 Two connected motivations for this book
12
3
2 Metaphilosophy
15
24
2.1 Truth (1)
18
7
2.2 Truth (2)
25
7
2.3 Philosophy and other disciplines
32
7
3 Anti-Realism: The General Picture
39
31
3.1 Anti-realism as linguistic Kantianism
40
3
3.2 Analytical philosophy
43
5
3.3 Objections to linguistic Kantianism
48
22
4 Anti-realism: The Semantical Details
70
38
4.1 Organic and hierarchical theory of meaning
73
6
4.2 Language, idiolects and the role of conventions
79
10
4.3 A 'full-blooded' theory
89
5
4.4 Justificationism
94
11
4.5 Addendum: Davidson
105
3
5 Anti-Psychologism Revisited
108
27
5.1 The cognitive component
112
7
5.2 Rationality and responsibility
119
4
5.3 Cognitive Sciences
123
12
6 Logic and Mathematics
135
18
6.1 Actual and Potential
135
10
6.2 Application and Innovation
145
8
7 Time
153
19
7.1 Wright's second picture
154
8
7.2 Wright's first picture
162
6
7.3 Conclusion
168
4
8 Normative Applications
172
19
8.1 Cognitivism and non-cognitivism
173
6
8.2 Objectivity and the rejection of bivalence
179
5
8.3 Systematization and criticism
184
2
8.4 Dummett's positions
186
5
9 Epilogue
191
14
10 Bibliography
205
12
11 Name Index
217