Frege's Detour
An Essay on Meaning, Reference, and Truth
Published on 15. December 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
168 pages
978-0-19-285964-8 (ISBN)
Description
John Perry offers a rethinking of Gottlob Frege's seminal contributions to philosophy of language. Frege's innovations provided the basis of modern logic, but his influence in other areas should not be understated. For instance, the view that he developed in "On Sense and Reference", the most studied essay in the philosophy of language, dominated twentieth-century work in the field and continues to be very influential. Perry explains and charts the development of Frege's views in this area, and argues that his doctrine of indirect reference directed philosophy of language on a long detour from which only now can we emerge. Perry advocates a move away from indirect reference and presents an alternative framework which does not require the abandoning of circumstances in the references of sentences.
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'fascinating' * Carlo Penco, Theoria *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-285964-8 (9780192859648)
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Person
John Perry is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University and at the University of California, Riverside. He received his BA from Doane College in 1964 and his PhD from Cornell University in 1968. Perry was the founder- and for many years the co-host-of the nationally syndicated radio show Philosophy Talk. He is also the co-author of the market-leading Introduction to Philosophy, now in its ninth edition. Perry taught at UCLA from 1968 to 1974, before joining Stanford University. He worked at Stanford until his retirement in 2008, and subsequently taught part time at the University of California, Riverside until 2013.
Content
Preface
1: Introduction
2: Frege's Begriffsschrift: Accomplishments
3: Frege's Begriffsschrift: Problems
4: Sense and denotation: The Theory
5: "On Sense and Denotation"
6: Solving the Identity Problems
7: Disarming the Slingshot
8: Integrating Frege's Theories
9: Episodes and Attitudes
10: Conclusion
List of examples
1: Introduction
2: Frege's Begriffsschrift: Accomplishments
3: Frege's Begriffsschrift: Problems
4: Sense and denotation: The Theory
5: "On Sense and Denotation"
6: Solving the Identity Problems
7: Disarming the Slingshot
8: Integrating Frege's Theories
9: Episodes and Attitudes
10: Conclusion
List of examples