THE PHILOSOPHY OF MICHAEL DUMMETT (First edition - wrappers issue)

Randall E. Auxier, Lewis Edwin Hahn (Editors)

ISBN 10: 0812696220 / ISBN 13: 9780812696226

Published by Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago and La Salle, Illinois, USA, 2007

About this Item

First printing of the true first edition, issued in wrappers - there was also a simultaneous hardcover edition. Published as Vol. XXXI in the Library of Living Philosophers series. ***Near fine in glossy card covers. No tears, but the top corner of the back cover is creased, affecting the last few pages. Corners sharp. The edges of the page block are clean. Internally the book is also near fine, with no inscriptions or annotations. Interior pages clean and bright. No marks or tears, just the aforementioned light creasing to the top corners of the last few pages. Slight curve to the spine from reading, and light vertical reading crease, but spine tight. ***955 pages including an extensive section covering a Bibliography of the Writings of Michael Dummett and an Index at the back of the book. 228mm x 152mm. ***'Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett FBA (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. 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. He was known for his work on truth and meaning and their implications to debates between realism and anti-realism, a term he helped to popularize. He devised the Quota Borda system of proportional voting, based on the Borda count. In mathematical logic, he developed an intermediate logic, already studied by Kurt Gödel: the Gödel?Dummett logic.' (Wiki) ***A first printing of this monumental study of the life and work of philosopher Michael Dummett, in very good condition. Most uncommon to find in the UK. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. ***Please note that this book is large and heavy, and we may need to add extra charges to overseas orders.***.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE PHILOSOPHY OF MICHAEL DUMMETT (First edition - wrappers issue)
• Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company, Chicago and La Salle, Illinois, USA
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812696220
• ISBN 13: 9780812696226
• Binding: Original Wraps
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, as Issued
• Seller catalogs:
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  • First Editions

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Synopsis

For over 50 years, Sir Michael Dummett has been a major philosophical voice in a wide range of fields, including epistemology, ontology, and the philosophy of language. This comprehensive volume treats all of these subjects and more in detail. It contains Dummett’s intellectual autobiography, 27 previously unpublished critical and descriptive essays by famous scholars, a reply to each essay by Dummett, and a complete bibliography of his published works.