Dummett, Michael

"Context determines not only what is said but also what is literally meant."

"The distinction between sense and force applies to all kinds of linguistic expression."

"Meaning cannot be wholly privatized; it requires public criteria for correctness."

"The aim of philosophical analysis is to clarify our concepts, not to legislate reality."

"Realism and anti-realism differ fundamentally in their views about the nature of truth."

"To be justified in believing something is to have adequate grounds recognizable as such."

"The law of contradiction expresses a fundamental requirement of rational thought."

"Modality is not a feature of reality itself but of how we conceptualize possibility."

"The interpretation of an utterance depends on knowledge of both language and context."

"Abstract objects do not exist apart from the conceptual schemes we use to individuate them."

"Meaning is public, but understanding is an individual achievement grounded in public practice."

"The correspondence theory of truth requires clarification of what it means for propositions to correspond to facts."

"Logic is not psychology, nor is it purely formal; it is normative and tied to rational practice."

"The identity conditions for sortal concepts must be grounded in criteria we can apply."

"Metaphysical disputes often turn on disagreements about what constitutes a genuine difference."

"The force of an assertion commits the speaker to the truth of what is asserted."

"Our grasp of concepts develops through interaction with the world and with others."

"Realism about the past must account for how we can have knowledge of what no longer exists."

"The principle of bivalence presupposes a determinate reality, but some domains may be indeterminate."

"To understand a question is to know what would count as an answer to it."

"Wittgenstein recognized that meaning cannot be captured in definition alone but emerges in use."

"The objectivity of logical law rests on its universal applicability to rational agents."

"Truth is not an intrinsic property of sentences but a relation between sentences and the world."

"The interpretation of utterances requires attributing rational purposes to the speaker."

"Nominalism is not forced to deny the utility of mathematical language and reasoning."

"The relation between language and world is mediated by our practices and interests."