Dummett on Abstract Objects

This historically-informed critical assessment of Dummett's account of abstract objects, examines in detail some of the Fregean presuppositions of Dummett's account whilst also engaging with phenomenological approaches and recent work on the problem of abstract entities.

Auteur
GEORGE DUKE lectures in Philosophy in the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University, Australia. He has published on the origins of analytical philosophy, the phenomenology of Husserl and the divide between analytical and continental philosophy.

Contenu
Series Editor's Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction The Fregean Notion of an Object Psychologism and Objectivity The Context Principle A Problem about Reference The Concrete-Abstract Distinction Tolerant Reductionism Mathematical Objects Conclusion References Index