Frege Explained.Frege Explained Joan Weiner Open Court Publishing Company “Open Court” redirects here. For the language arts/phonics program, see Open Court Reading. “Open Court” redirects here. For the legal term, see In open court. 332 South Michigan Avenue, Suite 1100, Chicago, IL 60604 0812694600 $18.95 www.opencourtbooks.com Written by a Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. , Frege Explained: From Arithmetic to Analytic Philosophy analytic philosophy Philosophical tradition that emphasizes the logical analysis of concepts and the study of the language in which they are expressed. It has been the dominant approach in philosophy in the English-speaking world from the early 20th century. is an in-depth examination of Frege's career and legacy. Frege's work was marked by his determination to show that arithmetic is really a part of logic; while that effort ended in failure, in the process Frege revolutionized philosophic understanding of logic and set the foundation for analytic philosophy. Chapters survey Frege's life and character, his "new logic" and definitions of numbers, his logical investigations and speculations Speculations is an online resource for writers who wish to break into or increase their presence within the science fiction, fantasy, or other speculative fiction subgenres. Speculations has been a Hugo Award nominee seven times. The website is maintained by Kent Brewster. upon the foundations of geometry geometry [Gr.,=earth measuring], branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of and relationships between points, lines, planes, and figures and with generalizations of these concepts. , his impact upon recent and modern philosophy, and much more. Especially for philosophy students and scholars, Frege Explained presents complex concepts in as straightforward a manner as practically possible, and is especially recommended for college library philosophy shelves. |
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