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DUMMETT ON INDEFINITE EXTENSIBILITY
Author(s) -
Linnebo Øystein
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
philosophical issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.638
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1758-2237
pISSN - 1533-6077
DOI - 10.1111/phis.12122
Subject(s) - argument (complex analysis) , extensibility , meaning (existential) , epistemology , philosophy , realism , computer science , programming language , biochemistry , chemistry
Dummetts notion of indefinite extensibility is influential but obscure. The notion figures centrally in an alternative Dummettian argument for intuitionistic logic and anti‐realism, distinct from his more famous, meaning‐theoretic arguments to the same effect. Drawing on ideas from Dummett, a precise analysis of indefinite extensibility is proposed. This analysis is used to reconstruct the poorly understood alternative argument. The plausibility of the resulting argument is assessed.