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[from 'Thought and Reality' by Michael Dummett, in 7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 4. Anti-realism ]

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 Reference

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.