Frege: a guide for the perplexed

by Kanterian, Edward

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Title Statements

Full title :Frege : a guide for the perplexed / Edward Kanterian.

Summary

Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) was one of the founders of analytical philosophy and the greatest innovator in logic since Aristotle. He introduced many influential philosophical ideas, such as the distinctions between function and argument, or between sense and reference. However, his thought is not readily accessible to the non-expert. His conception of logic, which was crucial to his grand project, the reduction of arithmetic to logic, is especially difficult to grasp. This book provides a lucid and critical introduction to Frege's logic, as he developed it in his groundbreaking first book Begriffsschrift (Conceptual Notation, 1879). It guides the reader directly to the core of Frege's philosophy and to some of the most pertinent issues in contemporary philosophy of language, mathematics and mind. This commentary explains Frege's own logical notation, allowing students to study and appreciate those aspects of his work that he valued most but are least understood today. --from the publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

The Physical Object

Description:x, 248 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0826487645, 9780826487643, 1441102922, 9781441102928, 1441116311, 9781441116314, 9780826487636, 0826487637
oclc:ocn806139659
LC Classification:B3245.F24
Dewey Decimal:193

1. Introduction -- 2. Begriffsschift: probing the terrain -- 3. Begriffsschrift: digging deeper -- 4. Later developments -- 5. Epilogue.