The Logical Basis of Metaphysics by Michael Dummett

1992 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 356-358
Author(s):  
Augustin Riska
Keyword(s):  
Logical Basis ◽  
Michael Dummett

Semantic Realism, Actually

Metaphysica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 237-254
Author(s):  
Simon Hewitt
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Language ◽  
Semantic Realism ◽  
Michael Dummett

AbstractMichael Dummett offered a semantic characterisation of a variety of realism-antirealism debates. This approach has fallen out of fashion. This has been to the detriment of metaphysics. This paper offers an accurate characterisation of Dummett’s view, often lacking in the literature, and then defends it against a range of attacks (from Devitt, Miller and Williamson). This understanding of realism debates is resilient, and if we take it seriously the philosophical terrain looks importantly different. In particular, the philosophy of language has a foundational role with respect to metaphysics.

Syntax as a Language Ontology

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 563-566
Author(s):  
Mariana Georgievа ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Syntactic Category ◽  
Logical Basis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Linguistic Ontology

In our opinion, * `logical basis` and *` syntactic basis` are incorrect from a cognitive point of view. The subjunctive is a syntactic category and the qualification `logical` is an oxymoron, or at least a dissonance. In logic, the category is the subject. And since the subjunctive is the syntactic category, even more disturbing is the tautological * `syntactic subjunctive`. The article substantiates the cognitive reading of the substratum. What is new is the derivation of linguistic ontology as a category of the cognitive method in syntax, of cognitive syntax.

Arithmetic, Logicism, and Frege’s Definitions

2021 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25
Author(s):  
Timothy Perrine ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Michael Dummett ◽  
Full Solution

This paper describes an exegetical puzzle that lies at the heart of Frege’s writings—how to reconcile his logicism with his definitions and claims about his definitions. It also reviews two interpretations that try to resolve this puzzle: the “explicative interpretation” and the “analysis interpretation.” This paper defends the explicative interpretation and critiques the careful and sophisticated defenses of the analysis interpretation given by Michael Dummett and Patricia Blanchette. Specifically, I argue that Frege’s texts either are inconsistent with the analysis interpretation or do not support it. I also defend the explicative interpretation from the recent charge that it cannot make sense of Frege’s logicism. While I do not provide the explicative interpretation’s full solution to the puzzle, I show that its main competitor is seriously problematic.

Hydraulic input impedance to aorta and pulmonary artery in dogs

1963 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dali J. Patel ◽  
Flavio M. deFreitas ◽  
Donald L. Fry
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Physical Properties ◽  
Input Impedance ◽  
Vascular System ◽  
Electrical Networks ◽  
Pressure Flow ◽  
Logical Basis ◽  
Vascular Bed ◽  
Hydraulic Load ◽  
Complex Ratio

Pressure-flow relationships were studied at the root of the aorta and the pulmonary artery in 18 dogs. The hydraulic input impedance to the vascular bed was calculated as a complex ratio of the corresponding pressure and flow harmonics. Results indicate: a) The predominant features of the load against which the heart is pumping consists of an impedance with a magnitude that initially decreases rapidly with frequency and then increases gradually with frequency. In general, pressure tends to lag behind flow for all harmonics. b) The input impedance versus frequency patterns provided a logical basis for choosing various simple electrical networks which can be used to characterize in a compact manner the general features of the hydraulic load presented to the ventricles. c) The hazards of using such simple networks to define the physical properties of the vascular system are pointed out. Submitted on July 5, 1962 Submitted on July 30, 1962

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