A critical introduction to the philosophy of Gottlob Frege

Gottlob Frege is one of the greatest logicians ever and also a philosopher of great significance. In this book Rosado Haddock offers a critical presentation of the main topics of Frege's philosophy, including, among others, his philosophy of arithmetic, his sense-referent distinction, his distinction between function and object, and his criticisms of formalism and psychologism. More than just an introduction to Frege's philosophy this book is also a highly critical and mature assessment of it as a whole in which the limitations, confusions and other weaknesses of Frege's thought are closely examined. The author is also a Husserlian scholar and this book contains valuable discussions of Husserl's neglected views and comparisons between the two great philosophers. Content: Ch. 1. Philosophy in Begriffsschrift -- ch. 2. Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik : first part ([sections] 1-45) -- ch. 3. Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik : second part ([sections] 46-109) -- ch. 4. The basic distinctions I : sense and referent -- ch. 5. The basic distinctions II : function and object -- ch. 6. Fundamental philosophical issues in Grundgesetze -- ch. 7. Some remaining philosophical issues.