Single Idea 22297

[catalogued under 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 2. Realism]

Full Idea

Dummett aimed to characterise realism in terms not of the mind-independence of the entities but of the validity of bivalence for sentences referring to them.

Gist of Idea

Dummett saw realism as acceptance of bivalence, rather than of mind-independent entities

Source

report of Michael Dummett (Realism [1982]) by Michael Potter - The Rise of Analytic Philosophy 1879-1930 21 'Lang'

Book Reference

Potter,Michael: 'The Rise of Anaytic Philosophy 1879-1930' [Routledge 2020], p.142


A Reaction

Hence he called himself a 'philosopher of language', rather than a 'philosopher of thought'. Philosophers of language are more likely to end up as anti-realists, I suspect.