Frege: A Guide for the Perplexed
A Guide for the Perplexed
1st Edition
Published on 31. May 2012
264 pages
978-1-4411-1631-4 (ISBN)
Description
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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, logic, mathematics, and mind.
Unlike most other books, 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.
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, logic, mathematics, and mind.
Unlike most other books, 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.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a splendid book. In a lucid and leisurely style it explains the ideas of the greatest logician since Leibniz and a seminal figure in the growth both of analytical philosophy and of its continental rivals. The author shirks no difficulties. He provides the first book-length elucidation of Frege's original logical notation. He thoroughly explores such ideas as the function-argument and the sense-reference distinction, judiciously discriminating between what we should retain and what we should discard. He sheds a bright light into the darkest recesses of Frege's intricate thought.'More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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978-1-4411-1631-4 (9781441116314)
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Edward Kanterian is lecturer in philosophy at the University of Kent, and the author of Analytic Philosophy (2004) and Wittgenstein (2007).He has a forthcoming book on Kant's God.
Content
1. Introduction \ 2. Begriffsschrift: probing the terrain \ 2.1 Scope of a concept-script\ 2.2 The epistemological dimension of logic \ 2.3 The struggle against intuition and language \ 2.4 Concept-script: a brief overview \ 3. Begriffsschrift: digging deeper \ 3.1 The judgment-stroke and the content-stroke \ 3.2 Subject and predicate \ 3.3 Modes of judgment, negation \ 3.4 Conditionality \ 3.5 The functional character of concept-script\ 3.6 Identity \ 3.7 Definition \ 3.8 Logical analysis and elucidations \ 3.9 Functions and functional analysis \ 3.10 Functions, concepts, properties \ 3.11 Generality \ 3.12 Inference \ 4. Later developments \ 4.1 Sense and Meaning \ 4.2 The function-theoretic account of Sense \ 4.3 The challenge of contingent thoughts \ 4.4 Are concepts functions? \ 4.5 Concept and object \ 4.6 Fictional discourse \ 5. Epilogue \ 6. Literature \ Notes \ Index
