Michael Dummett
Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett 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.
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- Born in
- London
- Educated at
- University of OxfordChrist ChurchWinchester CollegeSandroyd School
- Awards
- 🏆 Knight Bachelor🏆 Lakatos Award
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 David Makinson📖 Trevor Bench-Capon
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1925
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