Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett was an English academic, born in 1925 and died in 2011, described as among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality. He held the Wykeham Professorship of Logic at the University of Oxford until 1992, wrote on the history of analytic philosophy as an interpreter of Gottlob Frege, and made original contributions to the philosophies of mathematics, logic, language and metaphysics. He was known for his work on truth and meaning and its implications for the debate between realism and anti-realism, a term he helped popularize, and in mathematical logic he developed an intermediate logic between classical and intuitionistic logic that became known as the Godel-Dummett logic. Outside analytic philosophy he also wrote extensively on the history of card games, particularly tarot.
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Defining MomentKnighted in 1999 for services to philosophy and to racial justice, recognising his parallel career as a campaigner against racism. 1 Notable PublicationFrege: Philosophy of Language (1973) 1 Office HeldWykeham Professor of Logic, University of Oxford (1979-1992) 1 Tradition
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Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (; 27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was an English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality." He was, until 1992, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford.
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Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (; 27 June 1925-27 December 2011) was an English academic
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Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (; 27 June 1925-27 December 2011) was an English academic
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Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (; 27 June 1925-27 December 2011) was an English academic
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Born 27 June 1925 at his parents' house, 56, York Terrace, Marylebone, London, Dummett was the son of George Herbert Dummett
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He wrote on the history of analytic philosophy, notably as an interpreter of Frege, and made original contributions particularly in the philosophies of mathematics, logic, language and metaphysics.
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His first book Frege: Philosophy of Language (1973), written over many years, is seen as a classic.
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In 1979, he became Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford, a post he held until retiring in 1992.
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Dummett retired in 1992 and was knighted in 1999 for "services to philosophy and to racial justice".
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Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (; 27 June 1925-27 December 2011) was an English academic
In Branch: Philosophy of Mathematics, Infobox: main_interests
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of logic Mathematical logic Philosophy of language Metaphysics History of analytic philosophy Voting theory Theology
In Branch: Philosophy of Logic, Infobox: main_interests
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of logic Mathematical logic Philosophy of language Metaphysics History of analytic philosophy Voting theory Theology
In Branch: Logic, Infobox: main_interests
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of logic Mathematical logic Philosophy of language Metaphysics History of analytic philosophy Voting theory Theology
In Branch: Philosophy of Language, Infobox: main_interests
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of logic Mathematical logic Philosophy of language Metaphysics History of analytic philosophy Voting theory Theology
In Branch: Metaphysics, Infobox: main_interests
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of logic Mathematical logic Philosophy of language Metaphysics History of analytic philosophy Voting theory Theology
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Analytic philosophy
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