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Also known as Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett

British philosopher (1925–2011)

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It sits within the topics 1925 births, 2011 deaths and 20th-century British male writers.

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  • History of the Occult Tarot
  • Interpretation of Frege's Philosophy
  • Frege
  • La verdad y otros enigmas
  • La verdad y otros enigmas

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Quotes

  • Philosophy can take us no further than enabling us to command a clear view of the concepts by means of which we think about the world, and, by so doing, to attain a firmer grasp of the way we represent the world in our thought. It is for this reason and in this sense that philosophy is about the world.
  • Such were the lucidity of exposition and his mastery of the topic that it seems possible that, had he ever published it, the political theory of Britain would have been significantly different.
  • ...the most interesting fact about the Tarot pack [is] that it is the subject of the most successful propaganda campaign ever launched: not by a very long way the most important, but the most completely successful. An entire false history, and false interpretations, of the Tarot pack was concocted by the occultists; and it is all but universally believed.

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Key facts

Born
Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett , ( 1925-06-27 ) 27 June 1925, London, England
Died
27 December 2011 (2011-12-27) (aged 86), Oxford , England
Burial place
Wolvercote Cemetery , Oxford
Spouse
Ann Dummett ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1951 ) ​
Awards
Lakatos Award (1994) Rolf Schock Prize (1995)
Education
Christ Church, Oxford , (1947–50; B.A. , 1950)
Academic advisor
Antony Flew
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Analytic philosophy
Institutions
All Souls College, Oxford New College, Oxford
Doctoral students
Peter Carruthers , Adrian Moore , Ian Rumfitt , Eva Picardi , Timothy Williamson
Notable students
Hans Sluga , Crispin Wright
Main interests
Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of logic Mathematical logic Philosophy of language Metaphysics History of analytic philosophy Voting theory Theology

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date of death
2011-12-27
date of birth
1925-06-27
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Michael Dummett
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Verification principle

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