The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number

Frege, Gottlob

ISBN 10: 0810106051 / ISBN 13: 9780810106055

Published by Northwestern University Press, 1980

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Foundations of Arithmetic: A Logico-Mathematical Enquiry into the Concept of Number
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810106051
• ISBN 13: 9780810106055
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Foundations of Arithmetic is undoubtedly the best introduction to Frege's thought; it is here that Frege expounds the central notions of his philosophy, subjecting the views of his predecessors and contemporaries to devastating analysis. The book represents the first philosophically sound discussion of the concept of number in Western civilization. It profoundly influenced developments in the philosophy of mathematics and in general ontology.

About the Author

FRIEDRICH LUDWIG GOTTLOB FREGE (1848–1925) was a German mathematician, logician and philosopher. He is considered to be one of the founders of modern logic and made major contributions to the foundations of mathematics. He is generally considered to be the father of analytic philosophy, for his writings on the philosophy of language and mathematics. While he was mainly ignored by the intellectual world when he published his writings, Giuseppe Peano (1858–1932) and Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) introduced his work to later generations of logicians and philosophers.