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1、TheLogicalBasis0MetaphysicsMichaelDummettHarvardUniversityPressCambridge,MassachusettsCopyright©1991byMichaelDummettAllrightsreservedPrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaTHIRDPRINTING.1994FirstHarvardUniversityPresspaperbackedition.1993LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
2、Dummett,MichaelA.E.ThelogicalbasisofmetaphysicsIMichaelDummett.p.cm.-(TheWilliamJameslectures:1976)Includesindex.ISBN0-674-53785-8(cloth)ISBN0-674-53786-6(paper)1.Metaphysics.2.Logic.I.Title.II.Series.BC51.D85199190-39999121'.68-dc20CIPToChristopher,Maggie,Louis,andMichaelOrlan
3、doContentsPrefaceixIntroduction:MetaphysicalDisputesoverRealism11SemanticValues202InferenceandTruth403TheoriesofTruth614Meaning,Knowledge,andUnderstanding835IngredientsofMeaning1076TruthandMeaning-Theories1417TheOriginandRoleoftheConceptofTruth1658TheJustificationofDeduction184
4、9Circularity,Consistency,andHarmony20010Holism22111Proof-TheoreticJustificationsofLogicalLaws24512TheFundamentalAssumption26513Stability28014Truth-ConditionalMeaning-Theories30115RealismandtheTheoryofMeaning322Index353PrefaceIwashonouredtobeinvitedbyHarvardUniversitytogivethe19
5、76WilliamJamesLectures,whichare,inalternateyears,inphilosophyandpsychology.Whentheinvitationwasissued,IwasinformedthataconditionofacceptancewasthatIallowthelecturestobepublishedbyHarvardUniversityPress,aconditiontowhichInaturallyagreed.Accordingly,Itypedoutthetextofmylectures,w
6、hichIshouldnototherwisehavedone,preferringnormallytolecturewithoutascript,andusuallywithoutnotes,forthesakeofgreaterspontaneityandrap•portwiththeaudience.UnlikeHilaryPutnam,whowassimultane•ouslygivingtheJohnLockeLecturesatOxford,Ididnotarrivewithtextsofthelecturesalreadywritten
7、,but,livingfromhandtomouthasalways,composedthematHarvardasIwentalong.BeforeIreturned,viaJerusalem,toEnglandatthebeginningofMay,Ileftthetype•writtentextwithHarvardUniversityPressanddepositedanothercopyintheHarvardPhilosophyDepartmentlibrary.AskedbythePresshowsoontheymightexpecta
8、revisedversionforpublication,Ire•plied,'ByChristmas'.I
