Truth And The Past

Michael Dummetts three John Dewey Lectures The Concept of TruthStatements About the Past and The Metaphysics of Time were delivered atColumbia University in t... » 

Michael Dummetts three John Dewey Lectures The Concept of TruthStatements About the Past and The Metaphysics of Time were delivered atColumbia University in the spring of 2002. Revised and expanded the lecturesare presented here along with two new essays by Dummett Truth Deniers andDefenders and The Indispensability of the Concept of Truth.In Truth and the Past Dummett clarifies his current positions on themetaphysical issue of realism and the philosophy of language. He is best knownas a proponent of antirealism which loosely characterizes truth as what we arecapable of knowing. The events of the past and statements about them arecritical tests of an antirealist position. These essays continue andsignificantly contribute to Dummetts work. «