Book Description
This is the first single-volume edition and translation of Frege's philosophical writings to include all of his seminal papers as well as substantial selections from all three of his major works. It is intended to provide the essential primary texts for students of logic, philosophical logic, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mathematics. It contains in particular Frege's four papers "Function and Concept", "On Concept and Object", "On Sense and Reference", and "Thought", and new translations of key parts of the Begriffsschrift, The Foundations of Arithmetic, and the Basic Laws of Arithmetic. The editor's substantial introduction provides the reader with an overview of the significance and development of Frege's philosophy, while the footnotes, appendices and glossary facilitate understanding of some of the more difficult elements of Frege's thought.
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This is the first single-volume edition and translation of Frege's philosophical writings to include his seminal papers as well as substantial selections from all three of his major works. It is intended to provide the essential primary texts for students of logic, metaphysics and the philosophy of language. The editor's introduction provides an overview of the development and significance of Frege's philosophy, highlighting some of the main issues of interpretation. Footnotes, appendices and other editorial material have been supplied to facilitate understanding of the works of one of the central figures in modern philosophy.
About the Author
Michael Beaney is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Leeds and author of Frege: Making Sense (1996).
The Frege Reader (Blackwell Readers Series) SYNOPSIS
This is the first single-volume edition and translation of Frege's philosophical writings to include his seminal papers as well as substantial selections from all three of his major works. It is intended to provide the essential primary texts for students of logic, metaphysics and the philosophy of language. It contains in particular Frege's four essays "Function and Concept", "On Concept and Object", "On Sense and Reference", and "Thought", and new translations of key parts of the Begriffsschrift, The Foundations of Arithmetic, and the Basic Laws of Arithmetic. Additional selections have been made from his Collected Papers, Posthumous Writings and Correspondence. The editor's substantial introduction provides the reader with an overview of the significance and development of Frege's philosophy, while the footnotes, appendices and glossary facilitate understanding of some of the more difficult elements of Frege's thought.
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