Constructivism

Abstract

In this chapter, I will provide a brief summary of Dummett’s constructivist program. My central topics, the meaning of the logical constants and the admissibility of logical laws, lie at the heart of a grand philosophical system, in which Dummett deftly strings together philosophical insights about language, logic and metaphysics. In some cases, it is quite impossible to understand his arguments about logical consequence without having at least a general idea of the outline of the whole program. This chapter aims to give such an outline.