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Full Idea
We can make no clear sense of there being a world that is not apprehended by any mind.
Gist of Idea
We can't make sense of a world not apprehended by a mind
Source
Michael Dummett (Thought and Reality [1997], 8)
Book Ref
Dummett,Michael: 'Thought and Reality (Gifford Lectures)' [OUP 2006], p.101
A Reaction
I find Dummett's view quite baffling. It is no coincidence that Dummett is a theist, along (it seems) Berkeleian lines. I see no more problem with imagining such worlds than with imagining ships sunken long ago which will never be found.