The Philosophical Basis of What? The Anti-Realist Route to Dialetheism
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2010
Abstract
Dummettian anti-realists have traditionally argued that verificationism entails giving up the law of excluded middle for discourses such as mathematics, which contain warrants that cannot be defeated. This chapter shows how in the case of discourses where the warrants are at best defeasible, the Dummett's master argument actually undermines the Law of Non-Contradiction. The resulting dialetheist anti-realism captures well many of our intuitions about tragic choice scenarios in ethics, and sometimes intractable disagreement among the wise, without undermining moral objectivity.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
The Law of Non-Contradiction
Recommended Citation
Cogburn, J. (2010). The Philosophical Basis of What? The Anti-Realist Route to Dialetheism. The Law of Non-Contradiction https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199265176.003.0014