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Dummettian

Dummettian adjective: of or relating to Michael Dummett (1925–2011), British analytic philosopher.

Adjective

Dummettian (comparative more Dummettian, superlative most Dummettian)

  1. 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...

Forms of Dummettian

comparativemore Dummettian
superlativemost Dummettian

Origin of Dummettian

From Dummett + -ian.

Questions about Dummettian

What does Dummettian mean?
Dummettian means of or relating to Michael Dummett (1925–2011), British analytic philosopher.
What part of speech is Dummettian?
Dummettian is an adjective.

Words near Dummettian in the dictionary

  1. dummerer
  2. dummerers
  3. Dummers
  4. Dummerston
  5. Dummett
  6. Dummettian
  7. dummie
  8. dummied
  9. dummied out
  10. dummied up
  11. dummies

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