Gottlob Frege
German philosopher, logician, and mathematician; father of analytic philosophy.
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Many regard Frege as among the most profound philosophers of mathematics ever and as one of the greatest logicians since Aristotle.[1] Often considered the originator of analytic philosophy, Frege's work focused on logic, mathematics, and the philosophy of language.[1]
Key facts and history
After his father's death, the school was led by Frege's mother Auguste Wilhelmine Sophie Frege.[2] Frege's goal was to show that mathematics grows out of logic, devising techniques that separated him from Aristotelian syllogistic.[3] From 1871 onward, Frege pursued further studies in Göttingen, where his lecturers included Alfred Clebsch, Ernst Christian Julius Schering, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, Eduard Riecke, and Hermann Lotze.[4]
What the research sources say
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy notes that Frege invented modern quantificational logic in his Begriffsschrift of 1879.[5] The same source states that Frege carried out the formal reconstruction of arithmetic in Grundgesetze der Arithmetik (1893/1903).[5] The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy reports that Frege's logical works are often taken to represent the fundamental break between contemporary approaches and the Aristotelian tradition.[6] Susanne Bobzien's 2021 work notes that one axiom Frege later added to his system proved to be inconsistent.[7]
The same source states that Frege conceived a comprehensive philosophy of language that many philosophers still find insightful.[7] The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy reports that Frege developed a novel theory of meaning based on the distinction between sense and reference in the late 1880s and early 1890s.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Gottlob Frege" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wehmeier, "Frege, Gottlob", Macmillan Reference USA, 2006 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gottlob Frege" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lothar Kreiser, Gottlob Frege: Leben – Werk – Zeit, Felix Meiner Verlag, 2013, p. 11. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gottlob Frege" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Susanne Bobzien published in 2021 a work provocatively titled "Frege Plagiarized the Stoics", in Fiona Leigh (ed.), Themes in Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gottlob Frege" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Jacquette, Dale, Frege: A Philosophical Biography, Cambridge University Press, 2019, p. 64.; Jacquette, Dale, Frege: A Philosophical Biography, Cambridge University Press, 2019, p. 64. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Frege's Logic, Theorem, and Foundations for Arithmetic, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy at plato.stanford.edu. facts only, no text reused. plato.stanford.edu
- "Frege, Gottlob | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy". facts only, no text reused. iep.utm.edu
- Susanne Bobzien published in 2021 a work provocatively titled "Frege Plagiarized the Stoics", in Fiona Leigh (ed.), Themes in Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic . facts only, no text reused. plato.stanford.edu
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