Dummett, Michael
Emeritus Professor of Logic at Oxford University, Honorary Fellow of New College Oxford, and Emeritus Fellow of All Souls College Oxford
Print publication date: 2006 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-920727-5
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199207275.003.0001
This chapter begins with an explanation of facts and propositions. It considers the alternative view of Frege, namely that facts, though genuine entities, inhabit a quite special sector of reality. Frege's views are compared to that of Prior, who held that a proposition may be true at certain times and false at others. Finally, the concept of temporal indicators is briefly analysed. Keywords:metaphysics,
reality,
proposition,
fact,
Frege,
Arthur Prior,
temporal indicators