The Cambridge Companion to Frege (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)

Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) Was Unquestionably One Of The Most Important Philosophers Of All Time. He Trained As A Mathematician, And His Work In Philosophy Started As An Attempt To Provide An Explanation Of The Truths Of Arithmetic, But In The Course Of This Attempt He Not Only Founded Modern Logic But Also Had To Address Fundamental Questions In The Philosophy Of Language And Philosophical Logic. Frege Is Generally Seen (along With Russell And Wittgenstein) As One Of The Fathers Of The Analytic Method, Which Dominated Philosophy In English-speaking Countries For Most Of The Twentieth Century. His Work Is Studied Today Not Just For Its Historical Importance But Also Because Many Of His Ideas Are Still Seen As Relevant To Current Debates In The Philosophies Of Logic, Language, Mathematics And The Mind. The Cambridge Companion To Frege Provides A Route Into This Lively Area Of Research-- Introduction / Michael Potter -- Understanding Frege's Project / Joan Weiner -- Frege's Conception Of Logic / Warren Goldfarb -- Dummett's Frege / Peter Sullivan -- What Is A Predicate? / Alex Oliver -- Concepts, Objects, And The Context Principle / Thomas Ricketts -- Sense And Reference / Michael Kremer -- On Sense And Reference: A Critical Reception / William Taschek -- Frege And Semantics / Richard Heck -- Frege's Mathematical Setting / Mark Wilson -- Frege And Hilbert / Michael Hallett -- Frege's Folly / Peter Milne -- Frege And Russell / Peter Hylton -- Inheriting From Frege: The Work Of Reception, As Wittgenstein Did It / Cora Diamond. Edited By Michael Potter And Tom Ricketts. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) was unquestionably one of the most important philosophers of all time. He trained as a mathematician, and his work in philosophy started as an attempt to provide an explanation of the truths of arithmetic, but in the course of this attempt he not only founded modern logic but also had to address fundamental questions in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic. Frege is generally seen (along with Russell and Wittgenstein) as one of the fathers of the analytic method, which dominated philosophy in English-speaking countries for most of the twentieth century. His work is studied today not just for its historical importance but also because many of his ideas are still seen as relevant to current debates in the philosophies of logic, language, mathematics and the mind. The Cambridge Companion to Frege provides a route into this lively area of research"--Description de l'éditeur Contents......Page 8 List of contributors......Page 10 Preface......Page 14 Note on translations......Page 16 Chronology......Page 18 1 Introduction......Page 23 2 Understanding Frege’s project......Page 54 3 Frege’s conception of logic......Page 85 4 Dummett’s Frege......Page 108 5 What is a predicate?......Page 140 6 Concepts, objects and the Context Principle......Page 171 7 Sense and reference: the origins and development of the distinction......Page 242 8 On sense and reference: a critical reception......Page 315 9 Frege and semantics......Page 364 10 Frege’s mathematical setting......Page 401 11 Frege and Hilbert......Page 435 12 Frege’s folly: bearerless names and Basic Law V......Page 487 13 Frege and Russell......Page 531 14 Inheriting from Frege: the work of reception, as Wittgenstein did it......Page 572 Bibliography......Page 624 Machine generated contents note: Preface; Note on translations; Chronology; 1. Introduction Michael Potter; 2. Understanding Frege's project Joan Weiner; 3. Frege's conception of logic Warren Goldfarb; 4. Dummett's Frege Peter Sullivan; 5. What is a predicate? Alex Oliver; 6. Concepts, objects, and the context principle Thomas Ricketts; 7. Sense and reference Michael Kremer; 8. On sense and reference: a critical reception William Taschek; 9. Frege and semantics Richard Heck; 10. Frege's mathematical setting Mark Wilson; 11. Frege and Hilbert Michael Hallett; 12. Frege's folly Peter Milne; 13. Frege and Russell Peter Hylton; 14. Inheriting from Frege: the work of reception, as Wittgenstein did it Cora Diamond.