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Michael Dummett

1925 - 2011

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Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (; 27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was an English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality." He was, until 1992, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford. He wrote on the history of analytic philosophy, notably as an interpreter of Frege, and made original contributions particularly in the philosophies of mathematics, logic, language and metaphysics. He was known for his work on truth and meaning and their implications to debates between realism and anti-realism, a term he helped to popularize. In mathematical logic, he developed an intermediate logic, a logical system intermediate between classical logic and intuitionistic logic that had already been studied by Kurt Gödel: the Gödel–Dummett logic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Dummett is the 682nd most popular philosopher (up from 854th in 2019), the 1,712th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,001st in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Michael Dummett ranks 682 out of 1,267. Before him are Maximus of Tyre, Paul Virilio, Pyotr Lavrov, Cristoforo Landino, N. T. Wright, and Johan Vilhelm Snellman. After him are John Cantius, Richard of Saint Victor, Pantaenus, Theophan Prokopovich, Antonio Rosmini, and Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī.

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Among people born in 1925, Michael Dummett ranks 130. Before him are Antoine Gizenga, Lepa Radić, Luis Molowny, François-Xavier Ortoli, Nancy Roman, and Robert Hardy. After him are Pierre Bérégovoy, Gregorio Conrado Álvarez, Eva Klein, Farley Granger, Jenő Buzánszky, and Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen. Among people deceased in 2011, Michael Dummett ranks 104. Before him are Archduke Felix of Austria, Shigeo Yaegashi, Lidia Gueiler Tejada, Hidemaro Watanabe, Raúl Ruiz, and Pak Seung-zin. After him are Anwar al-Awlaki, Ken Russell, Roland Petit, Farley Granger, Christopher Hitchens, and Violetta Villas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Dummett ranks 1,712 out of 8,785. Before him are Frederic Bartlett (1886), Robert Hardy (1925), Charles Joughin (1878), A. S. Byatt (1936), Henry Bird (1830), and Albert Ketèlbey (1875). After him are Henry Thomas Buckle (1821), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), Richard of Saint Victor (1110), Eddie the Eagle (1963), Mary Norton (1903), and Ian Wilmut (1944).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Michael Dummett ranks 45. Before him are R. G. Collingwood (1889), Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1623), Alexander of Hales (1175), Antony Flew (1923), Olaf Stapledon (1886), and N. T. Wright (1948). After him are Richard of Saint Victor (1110), P. F. Strawson (1919), Henry More (1614), Stephen Toulmin (1922), Mark Fisher (1968), and Robert Filmer (1588).

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