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Also Known As Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett • Michael Dummett
Born June 27, 1925 • London • England
Died December 27, 2011 (aged 86) • Oxford • England
Subjects Of Study philosophy of mathematics • metaphysics • philosophy of language • philosophy of logic
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