Meanings
comparative more Dummettian · superlative most Dummettian
- Of or relating to Michael Dummett (1925–2011), British analytic philosopher.
In characterizing Aquinas as a realist, despite his alleged rejection of such a notion of truth, Haldane is implicitly rejecting Dummettian claims as to how realism should be formulated.
1993, Ian McFetridge, “Realism and Anti-Realism in a Historical Context”, in John Haldane, Crispin Wright, editors, Reality, Representation, and Projection, New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 39
Origin
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