【达米特】真理与过去

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1、TRUTHANDTHEPASTCOLUMBIATHEMESINPHILOSOPHYEditor:AkeelBilgrami,JohnsonianProfessorofPhilosophy,ColumbiaUniversityColumbiaThemesinPhilosophyisanewserieswithabroadandaccommodatingthematicreachaswellasanecumenicalapproachtotheoutda

2、teddisjunctionbetweenanalyticalandEuropeanphilosophy.Itiscommittedtoanexaminationofkeythemesinnewandstartlingwaysandtotheexplorationofnewtopicsinphilosophy.MICHAELDUMMETTTRUTHANDTHEPASTCOLUMBIAUNIVERSITYPRESSPublishersSinc

3、eNewYorkChichester,WestSussexCopyright©ColumbiaUniversityPressAllrightsreservedLibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataDummett,MichaelA.E.Truthandthepast/MichaelDummett.p.cm.—(Columbiathemesinphilosophy)Includesbibliographicalreferencesand

4、index.Contents:Theconceptoftruth—Theindispensabilityoftheconceptoftruth—Statementsaboutthepast—Thesemanticsofthepasttense—Themetaphysicsoftime—Truth:deniersanddefenders.ISBN–––(cloth).Truth..Time.I.Title.II.Series.B.DT—dc

5、ColumbiaUniversityPressbooksareprintedonpermanentanddurableacid-freepaper.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaDesignedbyLisaHammcCONTENTSForewordbyAkeelBilgramiviiPrefaceix1TheConceptofTruth2TheIndispensabilityoftheConceptofTruth3Stat

6、ementsAboutthePast4TheSemanticsofthePastTense5TheMetaphysicsofTime6Truth:DeniersandDefendersNotesIndexFOREWORDMichaelDummett’sthreeJohnDeweyLectures,bearingtheomnibustitle“TruthandthePast,”weregivenbyhimattheDepartmentofPhilosophyatColumbi

7、aUniversityinthespringsemesterof2002.TheyarepresentedhereinexpandedandrevisedformbyColumbiaUniversityPressastheinaugu-ralpublicationofthenewseriesColumbiaThemesinPhilosophy,withSeriesEditorAkeelBilgrami’sremarksintroducingDummettonthatoccasion.INTRODUCT

8、ORYREMARKSWhenIarrivedasanundergraduateinOxfordintheseventies,philosopherswouldmeetintournament,asthoughtobreaklancesinMichaelDummett’shonor,especiallyinthefaceofwhatseemedlikeaninvasionofDavidsoniandoctrine.ToimagineOxfordinthos