Frege : a guide for the perplexed / Edward Kanterian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kanterian, Edward.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed.

Guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frege, Gottlob, 1848-1925.

Frege, Gottlob.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, c2012.

Summary:

""Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) was one of the founders of analytical philosophy and the greatest innovator in logic since Aristotle. He introduced many influentialhical ideas, such as the distinctions between function and argument, orbetween 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 Begriffsschrif

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication page; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 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; Chapter 3: Begriffsschrift: digging deeper; 3.1 The judgement-stroke and the content-stroke; 3.2 Subject and predicate; 3.3 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, properties3.11 Generality; 3.12 Inference; Chapter 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; Chapter 5: Epilogue; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Bibliography; Frege's works; Secondary literature; Name Index; Subject index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-4411-0292-2

1-280-76886-X

9786613679635

1-4411-1631-1

OCLC:

795632065