Michael Dummett Philosopher

Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett, FBA, D.Litt (27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was a British philosopher. He was, until 1992, Wykeham Professor of Logic at the University of Oxford. He wrote on the history of analytic philosophy, most notably as an interpreter of Frege, and has made original contributions to the subject, particularly in the philosophies of mathematics, logic, language and metaphysics. He was known for his work on truth and meaning and their implications for the debates between realism and anti-realism, a term he helped popularize. He devised the Quota Borda system of proportional voting, based on the Borda count.

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Birth date	June 27, 1925
Birth place	England , London
Date of death	December 27, 2011
Place of death	England , Oxford , Oxfordshire
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Main interest	Metaphysics Philosophy of language Philosophy of mathematics Philosophy of logic